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INGLESE
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Article
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Public Health & Health Care Science","General & Internal Medicine
This report examines the impact of individualized, population-based recruit
ment and retention approaches on the development of a subject pool, enrollm
ent, and retention at 12 months of healthy, community-based women in three
ethnic groups: African Americans, non-Hispanic European Americans, and Mexi
cans/Central Americans. Of 722 women contacted and screened, 346 (48%) were
eligible and consented to participate. Attrition at 12 months was low (10%
) compared with other published reports. The largest group of potential sub
jects was identified through broadcast media approaches, but this method pr
oduced the highest number of ineligible women and highest rate of attrition
. Printed matter produced the next largest group of potential subjects, but
ineligibility was high (53%). Face-to-face interactions enrolled the highe
st proportion of eligible women (84%) and lowest overall attrition (7%). Di
rect referral yielded fairly efficient enrollments (57%) and average attrit
ion. Multiple approaches for recruitment can produce a diverse sample of he
althy, community-based women. Face-to-face recruitment results in the highe
st yield of participants with the lowest attribution but is presumed to req
uire more resources.