Recruitment and retention of participants in a pragmatic randomized intervention trial at three community health clinics: Results and lessons learned

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Warner, Erica T ^a,b,c   Glasgow, Russell E ^d   Emmons, Karen M ^a,b   Bennett, Gary G ^b,e,f   Askew, Sandy ^f   Rosner, Bernard ^a,c,g   Colditz, Graham A ^h  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Hypertension; Obesity; Pragmatic trial; Recruitment; Retention; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BOSTON; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874528717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-192     Document Type: Article

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