Methods for successful follow-up of elusive urban populations: an ethnographic approach with homeless men.

S Conover, A Berkman, A Gheith, R Jahiel, D Stanley, P A Geller, E Valencia, E Susser
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Public health is paying increasing attention to elusive urban populations such as the homeless, street drug users, and illegal immigrants. Yet, valid data on the health of these populations remain scarce; longitudinal research, in particular, has been hampered by poor follow-up rates. This paper reports on the follow-up methods used in two randomized clinical trials among one such population, namely, homeless men with mental illness. Each of the two trials achieved virtually complete follow-up over 18 months. The authors describe the ethnographic approach to follow-up used in these trials and elaborate its application to four components of the follow-up: training interviewers, tracking participants, administering the research office, and conducting assessments. The ethnographic follow-up method is adaptable to other studies and other settings, and may provide a replicable model for achieving high follow-up rates in urban epidemiologic studies.

对难以捉摸的城市人口的成功随访方法:对无家可归者的民族志方法。
公共卫生部门越来越关注那些难以捉摸的城市人口,如无家可归者、街头吸毒者和非法移民。然而,关于这些人群健康的有效数据仍然很少;尤其是纵向研究,由于随访率低而受到阻碍。本文报告了在两个随机临床试验中使用的随访方法,这些试验在一个这样的人群中,即患有精神疾病的无家可归的男人。两项试验中的每一项都在18个月的时间里实现了几乎完全的随访。作者描述了在这些试验中使用的人种学方法,并详细说明了其在随访的四个组成部分中的应用:培训采访者,跟踪参与者,管理研究办公室和进行评估。人种学随访方法适用于其他研究和其他环境,并可能为在城市流行病学研究中实现高随访率提供可复制的模型。
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