title: Recruitment and retention of Latino children in a lifestyle intervention.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe promising recruitment and retention strategies for transient Latino populations, assisting investigators who work with this population in their research design and implementation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Strategies in recruitment and retention from a year-long intervention in children and their families are described.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 159 families who agreed to participate in the program, 123 parent-child dyads were enrolled. Retention rates were 59% in the control group, 67% in the intervention group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Building and maintaining relationships between a consistent study team contact and participants promote strong recruitment and retention outcomes. Barriers such as child care and transportation must be minimized.
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Angélica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guzmán
authors.forename: Irma M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gesell
authors.forename: Shari L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Barkin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D018579:Patient Selection; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014186:Transportation