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Recruitment and Retention of African American and Hispanic Girls and Women in Research
Author(s) -
Wallace Debra C.,
Bartlett Robin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12014
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , ethnic group , incentive , context (archaeology) , visibility , psychology , health equity , health literacy , gerontology , public relations , medicine , medical education , public health , political science , nursing , health care , geography , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , meteorology , law , economics , microeconomics
Recruiting women and girls into research studies, especially minority women, continues to be a major challenge that impacts health policy and delivery systems. This article discusses various strategies to recruit and retain A frican A merican and H ispanic girls and women in studies. Strategies for successful recruitment focus on trust, familiarity and visibility, racial and ethnic similarities, environmental context, and convenience. Retention strategies include issues of transportation, language, literacy, cultural appropriateness, safety, flexibility, incentives, communication, and veracity. All strategies assist in meeting the challenge of engaging minority women in research to decrease health disparities.