Recruitment and retention of WIC participants in a longitudinal dietary intervention trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper describes strategies and outcomes of techniques to recruit and retain low-income women served by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in a longitudinal dietary intervention trial.

Methods

Community engagement strategies, methods to recruit and retain participants, and recruitment and retention rates are reported. Demographic and lifestyle predictors of loss to follow-up, contacts required to reach participants at each data collection point, participant reactions to the recruitment and retention strategies used, and reasons for drop out (assessed among those who discontinued their study involvement) also were examined.

Results

Of 1281 eligible women, 744 were enrolled (58% recruitment rate); retention r

SUBMITTER: Di Noia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6744523 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature