Approaches to participant recruitment and predictors of retention in a large community based public health trial: findings from the building blocks trial
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Introduction Building Blocks is a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme in 18 sites in England. FNP is a home visiting intervention aiming to address social exclusion and health disadvantage. Participants were 1600 teenage mothers, living in often challenging social circumstances. Recruitment usually followed an initial approach by a community midwife but also other local health or social care professionals.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013