From: Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort study: follow-up processes at 20 years
Phase | Urban | Target rural community |
---|---|---|
1 | Phone call and/or letter to last known address | List of names from community and wider area shown to key community people with request for follow-up information |
2 | Urban list reviewed face to face with local Aboriginal workers and lists compared with online phone directory, computerized electoral roll and local school rolls. | Local community workers, friends, family members other cohort participants shown list when research team visited |
 | Remaining names checked with urban Aboriginal communities and dedicated Aboriginal urban services |  |
3 | Remaining names checked with hostels, churches, sporting clubs, corrective services | Remaining names shown again to key people |
4 | Each research team member given three untraced participants to check all avenues till no further leads found |