title: Bridging the gap: recruitment of African-American women into mental health research studies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a strategy for recruiting African-American women into a research study for pregnant women.
  
  
  METHODS
  With few exceptions, NIH-funded investigators must include women and minorities in clinical research. The authors used the recommendations provided in the Outreach Notebook for the NIH Guidelines on Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research as a guide to help them reach out to African-American women in the community.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The outreach experience led to a conference for African-American women about mental health. On the basis of this experience, the authors formulated a five-pronged approach for recruitment of African-American women into their study. The NIH guidelines were useful for this purpose.
authors.affiliation: Women's Mental HealthCARE, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Meinert
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Blehar
authors.forename: Kathleen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Peindl
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neal-Barnett
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wisner
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001741:Black or African American; D008603:Mental Health; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D018579:Patient Selection; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce