Chunk #6 — Methods — Retention Strategy

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Recruitment and retention strategies for minority or poor clinical research participants: lessons from the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span study.

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introduced an interim study (Wave 2 Interim Follow-up Study) that contacted participants 1.5 years after their initial examination. The interim study was an unusual retention strategy that served multiple purposes by administering the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, testing telephone methods for the AMPM dietary recall, inquiring about interim health status changes, and assessing of study acceptability and the likelihood of continuing participation.