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- Title
Health Parties for African American Study Recruitment.
- Authors
Sadler, Georgia Robins; York, Crystal; Madlensky, Lisa; Gibson, Kathi; Wasserman, Linda; Rosenthal, Eric; Barbier, Leslie; Newman, Vicky A.; Tso, Cindy
- Abstract
Innovative strategies are needed to increase minorities' research participation. Using existing social networks within the African American community, "home health parties" were tested as a way to recruit African American women to a breast cancer control study. Parties included social, educational, and recruitment components. All women attending health parties consented, completed a survey, and received the study's preliminary breast cancer risk assessment. There were no differences in rates of participation for subsequent study components between women recruited via parties versus other methods. Health parties are viable recruitment strategies, reduce barriers to participation, provide a supportive environment, and are relatively inexpensive.
- Subjects
AFRICAN American women; SURVEYS; BREAST cancer; RISK assessment; EMPLOYEE recruitment
- Publication
Journal of Cancer Education, 2006, Vol 21, Issue 2, p71
- ISSN
0885-8195
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1207/s15430154jce2102_6