Recruitment of older African Americans for survey research: A process evaluation of the community and church-based strategy in the Durham Elders Project
Recruitment of older African Americans for survey research: A process evaluation of the community and church-based strategy in the Durham Elders Project
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DOI：
10.1093/geront/43.1.52
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发表时间：
2003-02-01
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Mutran, EJ
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作者：
Reed, PS;Foley, KL;Mutran, EJ
目的：老年非洲裔美国人的发病率和死亡率负担过高，部分原因是对导致这些结果的因素缺乏了解。为了更充分地了解导致非裔美国人发病率和死亡率的因素，研究人员必须确定战略，以使老年非裔美国人更多地参与社会和健康现象的研究。设计和方法：这篇文章是一个过程评估，描述了与招募年长的非裔美国人参与研究相关的成功和挑战。它认为努力促进大学和社区机构之间的合作，以促进研究工作，并为社区提供有意义和文化适当的贡献。结果：在以教会为基础的招聘策略的观察过程评估中发现的主要挑战包括社区研究咨询委员会的有效协调，确保参与者的自主权，以及减少潜在参与者对剥削的担忧。启示：一个协调社区研究顾问委员会的策略，以整合社区成员的观点，并推动以教会为基础的招聘程序，为挖掘历史上被研究社区忽视的极其重要的社会部分提供了一个起点。
Purpose: The disproportionately high burden of morbidity and mortality among older African Americans is due, in part, to a lack of understanding of the factors contributing to these outcomes. In order to more fully understand the factors that contribute to African American morbidity and mortality, researchers must identify strategies for increasing the inclusion of older African Americans in research on social and health phenomena. Design and Methods: This article is a process evaluation describing the successes and challenges associated with recruitment of older African Americans into research. It considers an effort to nurture collaboration between university and community institutions to both facilitate research endeavors and offer meaningful and culturally-appropriate contributions to the community. Results: The primary challenges discovered in this observational process evaluation of a church-based recruitment strategy include the effective coordination of a community research advisory board, ensuring participant autonomy, and reducing concerns of exploitation among potential participants. Implications: A strategy of coordinating a community research advisory board to incorporate the views of community members and to drive a church-based recruitment procedure provides a starting point for tapping into an immensely important segment of society historically ignored by the research community.