Recruitment, retention, and intervention adherence for a chronic illness self-management intervention with the Apsáalooke Nation

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2022-06

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Frontiers Media

Abstract

Recruitment, retention, and adherence within health intervention research have been understudied in Indigenous communities, where well-known health disparities exist. The purpose of this paper is to describe planned versus actual recruitment, retention, and adherence strategies and the evaluation of retention and adherence strategies for a community-based research study of a Chronic Illness (CI) self-management intervention within an Indigenous community. A Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach was used to develop and implement Báa nnilah, a culturally consonant educational intervention to improve CI self-management. Reasons for participant adherence and retention were tracked and recorded over time. A post-intervention survey assessed barriers and facilitators to intervention adherence. Overall, recruitment, retention, and adherence methods were successful in enrolling and maintaining participation. Using a CBPR approach and culturally consonant strategies may assist in meeting recruitment goals and improving sustained participation of community members, thus impacting health disparities among Indigenous communities.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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Recruitment, Retention, Adherence, Indigenous, Chronic Illness, Intervention Evaluation

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Fimbel, L., Pitts, M., Schure, M., McCormick, A. K. H. G., & Held, S. (2022). Recruitment, retention, and intervention adherence for a chronic illness self-management intervention with the Apsáalooke Nation. Public health review, 5(1).
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