title: Conducting research with urban elders: issues of recruitment, data collection, and home visits.
abstract: The National Institutes of Health 1994 guidelines require inclusion of minorities in research. People seeking grants need to be aware of techniques for recruitment of minority populations. The Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center addresses difficult recruitment issues that arise from a skeptical minority population. The approach uses home visits to circumvent many of the barriers to recruitment and retention of participants in research studies.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wrobel
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D003144:Communication Barriers; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006792:House Calls; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018579:Patient Selection; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population