Objective: Evolving privacy and confidentiality regulations make achieving high completion
rates in longitudinal studies challenging. Periodically reviewing the methods researchers …

After nearly four decades of growth, the number of people held in US prisons has begun to
decline. In an era of decarceration, social scientists need to understand prisoner reentry …

Abstract Background and Objectives Attrition from longitudinal studies can affect the
generalizability of findings especially when studying developmental constructs such as …

Study attrition is a problem in all community-based intervention studies using longitudinal
research designs, but is compounded with hard to reach populations. High attrition poses …

Longitudinal studies require high follow-up rates in order to maintain statistical power,
reduce bias, and enhance the generalizability of results. This study reports on locating and …

Background Telephone follow-up interviewing is one method of monitoring treatment
outcomes of individuals involved in drug and alcohol treatment programs. The present study …

Recruiting children and families for research studies can be challenging, and re-recruiting
former participants for longitudinal research can be even more difficult, especially when a …

This practical" how to" guide integrates a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of
literature, alongside a wealth of the authors' combined research experience, into a …

Few studies report long term follow-up of community gatekeeper training programs that aim
to facilitate help-seeking for suicide and there are none in Aboriginal communities. This …

Many longitudinal and follow-up studies face a common challenge: locating study
participants. This study examines the extent to which a geographically dispersed subsample …