Improving Multicultural Engagement in Clinical Research through Partnership with Federally Qualified Health Centers and Community Health Worker Programs

总结： 将不同种族和民族社区的人纳入卫生公平的关键， 临床试验参与者。目前，在参与临床试验方面存在很大差异， 种族和族裔，少数民族人口的代表性严重不足。联邦合格 社区卫生中心（Community Health Centers，简称CAHCS）是最大的初级保健提供者网络， 代表性不足的社区和研究表明，供应商必须是成功的一部分， 研究参与者招募。此外，社区卫生组织通常利用社区卫生 这些社区的工作人员（CHW）增加与医疗保健系统的接触。 我们建议的工作着眼于利用这一既定的基础设施和信任，在三个不同的 在北卡罗来纳州的一家医院。将通过调查和重点调查获得利益攸关方的反馈 并应用于互动课程的开发。卫生保健服务提供者和社区卫生工作者将 利用这些课程提高他们对临床试验参与的认识和接受程度 并让他们向他们所服务的社区传播知识。

SUMMARY: It is critical to health equity to include people from different racial and ethnic communities as clinical trial participants. Currently, there is a large difference in participation in clinical trials by race and ethnicity with minority populations significantly underrepresented. Federally Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCS) are the largest network of primary care providers serving underrepresented communities and research shows that providers must be part of successful research participant recruitment. Additionally, FQHCs commonly utilize Community Health Workers (CHWs) in these communities to increase engagement with the healthcare system. Our proposed work looks to leverage this established infrastructure and trust at three diverse FQHCs in North Carolina. Stakeholder feedback will be obtained through surveys and focus groups and applied to the development of interactive curricula. FQHC providers and CHWs will utilize these curricula to increase their awareness and acceptance of clinical trial participation and allow them to disseminate knowledge to the communities they serve.