| Autor: |
Zhu K; Department of Occupational and Preventive Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, USA., Hunter S, Bernard LJ, Payne-Wilks K, Roland CL, Levine RS |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of the National Medical Association [J Natl Med Assoc] 2000 Apr; Vol. 92 (4), pp. 169-75. |
| Abstrakt: |
Barriers to engaging African Americans as research participants may be accentuated among older single African-American women partly because of financial, social, physical, and cognitive factors. This article shows our multifaceted strategies and experiences in the recruitment of single African-American women aged 65 and older in a cancer prevention and control study. The study was conducted in 10 public housing complexes in Nashville, Tennessee. Out of 367 eligible women, 325 participated in the study, resulting in a rate of 89%. The result suggests that a strategy, which targets the cultural, perceptive, and cognitive characteristics of the population, was effective for increasing the enrollment of study subjects in this population. Because the single constitute 75% of African-American women aged 65 and older; and the incidence and mortality of cancer are especially high in elderly African Americans, our experiences are encouraging for cancer prevention and control research in the population. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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