title: Factors associated with recruitment and retention of diverse children with asthma.
abstract: This study examines factors associated with recruitment and retention of Latino, Dominican (DR) and mainland Puerto Rican (PR), and non-Latino white (NLW) families into a pediatric asthma study. Over eleven hundred (n=1185) families were screened, and 489 (n= 174 NLW, n= 160 DR, n= 155 PR) were enrolled. Rates of recruitment by source of recruitment and rates of retention differed by ethnic group. Families whose caregiver had never married had lower odds of completing the study. The findings highlight the need for further study to examine the effectiveness of specific recruitment and retention strategies with Latino and non-Latino white families.
authors.affiliation: Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.affiliation: Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koinis-Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Sheryl J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kopel
authors.affiliation: Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Lilia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romero-Bosch
authors.affiliation: Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lobato
authors.affiliation: Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: McQuaid
authors.affiliation: Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seifer
authors.affiliation: Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Gregory K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Glorisa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Canino