Several years ago I had the opportunity to present at NIDA’a “Recruitment, Retention and Return for Follow-up” conference with Birgit Danila (UCLA), who helped write “Staying in Touch,” the tracking manual that started at all. Her knowledge and experience were a great stepping stone for me. I’d actually seen the manual before I met Birgit. It gives numerous strategies for tracking prevention research participants. Check it out and use it.
With No Attrition, I aim to add to this great resource by discussing the recommended attitudes and procedures behind the strategies discussed in the manual, along with new strategies of my own. I firmly believe that how you perform a strategy will determine your follow-up success as much as the strategy itself. If you don’t believe me, keep a look out for my next post.
As always, hit me with some comments.
