Participation rates and representativeness of African Americans recruited to a health promotion program
Participation rates and representativeness of African Americans recruited to a health promotion program
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DOI：
10.1093/her/cyp057
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发表时间：
2010-02-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Weathers, Benita
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作者：
Halbert, Chanita Hughes;Kumanyika, Shiriki;Weathers, Benita
当使用基于社区的参与方法为特定社区制定健康促进计划时，重要的是确定参与是否因社会人口统计数据以及计划参与者在人口统计学上代表目标社区的程度而有所不同，特别是在使用非随机招募方法时。我们评估了城市社区非裔美国居民参与健康促进计划的比率，并确定计划参与者在社会人口因素方面是否代表社区居民。虽然该计划的参与程度较低，但参与程度并没有因心理因素或体重指数而有所不同。然而，与就业者相比，失业者参与该计划的可能性明显更大。与社区居民相比，我们的样本中只受过高中教育的人比例更高，但在性别、婚姻状况和就业方面与社区居民相似。
When using community-based participatory methods to develop health promotion programs for specific communities, it is important to determine if participation differs based on sociodemographics and the extent to which program participants are demographically representative of the target community, especially when non-random recruitment methods are used. We evaluated rates of participating in a health promotion program among African American residents in an urban community and determined if program participants were representative of community residents in terms of sociodemographic factors. While participation in the program was modest, participation did not differ based on psychological factors or body mass index. However, individuals who were unemployed were significantly more likely to participate in the program compared with those who were employed. Our sample included a greater proportion of individuals who only had a high school education compared with community residents but was similar to community residents in terms of gender, marital status and employment.