Effectiveness of a Community Research Registry to Recruit Minority and Underserved Adults for Health Research. Issue 1 (29th October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bishop, Wendy Pechero; Tiro, Jasmin A.; Sanders, Joanne M.; Craddock Lee, Simon J.; Skinner, Celette Sugg
• Is Part Of: Clinical and translational science. Volume 8:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 82
• Page End: 84
• Publication Date: 2014-10-29
• Subjects: Medicine, Experimental -- Periodicals; Medical innovations -- Periodicals; 616.027
• DOI: 10.1111/cts.12231
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1752-8054

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="cts12231-sec-0010" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>Recruiting minorities and underserved populations into population‐based studies is a long standing challenge. This study examined the feasibility of recruiting adults from a community research registry.</p> </sec> <sec id="cts12231-sec-0020" sec-type="section"> <title>Methods</title> <p>Ethnically diverse, bilingual staff attended health fairs, inviting adults to join a registry. We examined rates of successful contact, scheduling, and participation for studies that used the registry.</p> </sec> <sec id="cts12231-sec-0030" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>Five studies queried 6, 886 research registry members (48% Hispanic and 38% black) and attempted to contact 2, 301 potentially eligible participants; eligibility criteria varied across studies. We successfully contacted 1, 130 members, 51.9% were scheduled to participate and of those, 60.8% completed their study appointment. Non‐Hispanic whites were less likely than Hispanics to be interested, but among those scheduling an appointment, participation did not differ by race/ethnicity.</p> </sec> <sec id="cts12231-sec-0040" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusion</title> <p>Community research registries are a feasible and efficient method for recruiting minority and underserved adults and may address disparities in access to and participation in health research.</p> </sec> </abstract>