Community-based research: Barriers to recruitment of African Americans
Community-based research: Barriers to recruitment of African Americans
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DOI：
10.1016/j.outlook.2004.04.012
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发表时间：
2004-09-01
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影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Barnes-Boyd, C
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作者：
Dancy, BL;Wilbur, J;Barnes-Boyd, C
消除非裔美国人的健康差距需要文化相关的经验知识，这反过来又需要将非裔美国人纳入研究。然而，权力差异障碍和概念障碍继续抑制非裔美国人的招聘。本文的目的是定义和讨论某些障碍，招募非裔美国人进入研究，并提出文化和上下文敏感的战略，以克服这些障碍。权力差异障碍反映了权力的不平等，并往往产生不信任。概念障碍反映了研究人员需要更好地了解非裔美国人。有效的战略包括通过社区咨询委员会与社区合作，并开展以社区为基础的参与性行动研究。此外，将替代概念框架与主流框架相结合，可能会减少研究人员对非裔美国人的意识形态假设。为了促进非裔美国人的最佳招聘，研究人员必须意识到权力差异的障碍和概念上的障碍，并走向与非裔美国人社区积极合作。
The elimination of health disparities for African Americans requires culturally relevant, empirical knowledge, which in turn requires including 'African Americans in research studies. However, power-difference barriers and conceptual barriers continue to inhibit the recruitment of African Americans. The purpose of this article is to define and discuss certain barriers to the recruitment of African Americans into research studies and to present culturally and contextually sensitive strategies to overcoming these barriers. Power-difference barriers reflect unequal authority and often generate mistrust. Conceptual barriers reflect researchers' need for better understanding about African Americans. Effective strategies include collaboration with the community through a community advisory board and conducting community-based participatory action research. Also, integrating alternative conceptual frameworks with mainstream frameworks may reduce researchers' ideological assumptions about African Americans. To promote optimal recruitment of African Americans, researchers must be aware of power-difference barriers and conceptual barriers and move toward active collaboration with African American communities.