Recruitment and Retention of Low-SES Ethnic Minority Couples in Intervention Research at the Transition to Parenthood.

ABSTRACT: Low-SES couples have limited resources to manage the chronic and acute stressors with which they are disproportionately faced. Although these couples are at greater risk for negative individual and relationship outcomes, evaluations of the impact of couple relationship education (CRE) in low-SES couples have been plagued by methodological problems, most notably challenges associated with recruitment and retention. We review the literature on challenges couples face associated with low-SES, as well as on recruitment, retention, and CRE in low-SES, ethnic minority populations. We illustrate some of these challenges in a case study of CRE for low-SES couples transitioning to parenthood. In this pilot study, 21 couples were recruited from a community health clinic and randomized to either an e

SUBMITTER: Baucom KJW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7087449 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature