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Tracking procedures for locating high-risk youth.

William J McCuller1, Steve Sussman, Karen Holiday

  • 1University of Southern California, USA.

Evaluation & the Health Professions
|September 17, 2002
PubMed
Summary

This study details a tracking protocol for following high-risk youth over 5.5 years. The methods successfully tracked 35% of participants, offering insights for similar research.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Criminology
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Comprehensive tracking protocols for high-risk youth are scarce in published literature.
  • Longitudinal studies require robust methods to maintain participant engagement over extended periods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the data collection tracking protocol used in Project Towards No Drug Abuse (Project TND).
  • To assess the feasibility of tracking high-risk youth over a 5 1/2 year period.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a detailed data collection tracking protocol for Project TND.
  • Followed a cohort of high-risk youth from 1994 to 2000.
  • Assessed follow-up rates at 5 1/2 years and averaged over 5 years.

Main Results:

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  • Achieved a 35% follow-up rate at 5 1/2 years for the high-risk youth cohort.
  • A 46% follow-up rate was achieved when collapsing the last two waves, averaging 5 years.

Conclusions:

  • The described tracking procedures are effective for following highly mobile youth populations.
  • This protocol can serve as a valuable resource for researchers conducting long-term studies with at-risk adolescents.