Retention strategies for health disparities preventive trials: findings from the Early Childhood Caries Collaborating Centers

• Published in: Journal of public health dentistry Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 63 - 77
• Main Authors: Garcia, Raul I., Tiwari, Tamanna, Ramos‐Gomez, Francisco, Heaton, Brenda, Orozco, Mario, Rasmussen, Margaret, Braun, Patricia, Henshaw, Michelle, Borrelli, Belinda, Albino, Judith, Diamond, Courtney, Gebel, Christina, Batliner, Terrence S., Barker, Judith C., Gregorich, Steven, Gansky, Stuart A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2017
• Subjects: attrition; Child; Child, Preschool; Community-Based Participatory Research; dental caries; Dental Caries - epidemiology; Dental Caries - ethnology; Dental Caries - prevention & control; Dental schools; Dentistry; Ethnic Groups; Female; Health disparities; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Infant; Male; minority groups; National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U.S.); participant retention; Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data; Patient Selection; randomized controlled trials; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; refusal to participate; Retention; Studies; United States - epidemiology; dental caries; attrition; refusal to participate; health status disparities; participant retention; randomized controlled trials; child; minority groups

Objectives To identify successful strategies for retention of participants in multiyear, community‐based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) aiming to reduce early childhood caries in health disparities populations from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds and across diverse geographic settings. Method...