Predictors of post-release research retention and subsequent reenrollment for women recruited while incarcerated (

• Autores: Lorie S. Goshin, Mary W. Byrne
• Localización: Research in nursing and health, ISSN-e 1098-240X, Vol. 35, Nº. 1, 2012, págs. 94-104
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Correctional facilities are prime targets for nursing interventions to decrease health disparities, but challenges to post-release follow-up limit use of the longitudinal research designs needed to fully examine intervention effects. Using an adapted version of the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations, we determined predictors of 1-year post-release study retention and subsequent reenrollment an average of 3 years later in 88 mother and child dyads recruited from a state prison nursery. Predisposing characteristics and enabling factors emerged as strong predictors of loss to follow-up. Female research participants can be successfully retained years after release from a correctional facility. Understanding the barriers and facilitators to post-release follow-up supports the creation of theoretically informed strategies to retain formerly incarcerated populations.