title: Achieving recruitment goals through community partnerships: the SENIOR Project.
abstract: This article discusses the process of developing collaborative relationships for a community-based health promotion project. A partnership was established among the university, the city where the intervention took place, and the community senior center. A community advisory board was created to identify the strengths, diversity, and needs of each partner. The community advisory board guided the partnership to recruit 1,277 older adults to participate in the intervention study. A sample was deemed representative after comparison with Census 2000 data, with gender and educational attainment being similar.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881, USA.
authors.forename: Sandra D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Greaney
authors.forename: Faith D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Lees
authors.forename: Phillip G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018579:Patient Selection; D012237:Rhode Island