Culturally Competent Strategies for Recruitment and Retention of African American Populations into Clinical Trials

• Published in: Clinical and translational science Vol. 8; no. 5; pp. 460 - 466
• Main Authors: Otado, Jane, Kwagyan, John, Edwards, Diana, Ukaegbu, Alice, Rockcliffe, Faun, Osafo, Nana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2015; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: African Americans; Attitude of Health Personnel - ethnology; Black or African American - psychology; clinical trials; Clinical Trials as Topic - methods; Communication; Cultural Competency; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - ethnology; Humans; minorities; Original s; Patient Dropouts - ethnology; Patient Selection; recruitment and retention strategies; Research Personnel; Research Subjects; Retention; Retrospective Studies; Sample Size; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; underrepresented minorities; United States - epidemiology; United States; African Americans; cultural competency; clinical trials; underrepresented minorities; recruitment and retention strategies; minorities

Purpose To identify successful recruitment strategies, challenges and best practices for researchers to engage African American communities in clinical studies taken into consideration target participants’ culture and context. Methods We reviewed 50 studies conducted from 2001 to 2012 at an inner‐ci...