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They help answer vital questions about their health, but such studies are uncommon due to the difficulty in retaining adolescents. This paper describes the successes and challenges of the research strategies used to ensure sufficient recruitment and retention of pregnant adolescents in a longitudinal study about adolescent childbearing in an under-resourced setting.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The Adolescence and Motherhood Research project was conducted in a rural region of Northeast Brazil in 2017-2019 and assessed 50 primigravids between 13-18 years (adolescents) and 50 primigravids between 23-28 years (young adults) during the first 16 weeks of pregnancy with two follow-ups (third trimester of pregnancy, and 4-6 weeks postpartum). Recruitment strategies involved engagement of health sector and community, as well as referrals from health care professionals and dissemination of the project in different locations. Retention strategies included maintaining contact with the participants between assessments and providing transportation for them to attend the follow-up procedures.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Recruitment took 10 months to complete. A total of 78% of the participants were recruited from the primary health care units, mainly after referral from a health care provider. Retention reached 95% of the sample throughout the study (90%: adolescents; 98%: adults).<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A combination of approaches is necessary to successfully recruit and retain youth in longitudinal studies and engaging local stakeholders may help to increase community-perceived legitimacy of the research. Working closely with front-line staff is essential when conducting research in rural low-income communities.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.64898\/2026.04.13.26350540","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,14]],"date-time":"2026-04-14T23:00:14Z","timestamp":1776207614000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Strategies to enroll and retain low-income adolescent and young adult pregnant women in longitudinal studies: lessons learned from the AMOR project"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3054-7213","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Saionara M. 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