Recruitment and Retention of Homeless Youth in a Substance Use and HIV-Risk Reduction Program

Autor/inn/en	Garvey, Rick; Pedersen, Eric R.; D'Amico, Elizabeth J.; Ewing, Brett A.; Tucker, Joan S.
Titel	Recruitment and Retention of Homeless Youth in a Substance Use and HIV-Risk Reduction Program
Quelle	In: Field Methods, 30 (2018) 1, S.22-36 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-822X
DOI	10.1177/1525822X17728346
Schlagwörter	Homeless People; Youth; Youth Problems; Substance Abuse; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Health Promotion; Prevention; Intervention; Recruitment; Persistence; Change Strategies; Selection Criteria; Research Methodology; Research Design; Research Problems; Risk; California (Los Angeles) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Ausdauer; Lösungsstrategie; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungsdesign; Forschungskritik; Risiko
Abstract	Conducting intervention studies with homeless populations can be difficult, particularly in terms of retaining participants across multiple sessions and locating them for subsequent follow-up assessments. Homeless youth are even more challenging to engage due to substance use, mental health problems, wariness of authority figures, and frequent relocations. This article describes methods used to successfully recruit a sample of 200 homeless youth from two drop-in centers in Los Angeles, engage them in a four-session substance use and sexual risk reduction program (79% of youth attended multiple sessions), and retain 91% of the full sample at a three-month follow-up assessment. Our experience indicates that utilizing structured project materials and having a small dedicated staff are essential to recruitment and retention efforts for intervention studies with homeless youth. Using these and other nontraditional methods are likely necessary to engage this at-risk yet hard-to-reach population. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01