Open AccessBarriers to and Facilitators of Recruitment of Adult African American Men for Colorectal Cancer Research: An Instrumental Exploratory Case Study
Author(s) -
Charles R. Rogers,
Phung Matthews,
Ellen Brooks,
Nathan Le Duc,
Chasity Washington,
Alicia McKoy,
Al Edmonson,
LaJune Lange,
Michael D. Fetters
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jco oncology practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2688-1535
pISSN - 2688-1527
DOI - 10.1200/op.21.00008
Subject(s) - community based participatory research , participatory action research , incentive , health equity , focus group , ethnic group , exploratory research , qualitative research , medicine , public relations , psychology , public health , political science , nursing , sociology , business , marketing , social science , anthropology , law , economics , microeconomics
Racial and ethnic minorities remain underrepresented in research and clinical trials. Better understanding of the components of effective minority recruitment into research studies is critical to understanding and reducing health disparities. Research on recruitment strategies for cancer-specific research-including colorectal cancer (CRC)-among African American men is particularly limited. We present an instrumental exploratory case study examining successful and unsuccessful strategies for recruiting African American men into focus groups centered on identifying barriers to and facilitators of CRC screening completion.