title: Participation in cancer trials: recruitment of underserved populations.
abstract: One approach to address cancer health disparities is to focus on the under-representation by minority populations in cancer trials. Recruitment strategies include: 1) characterizing the target populations, 2) involve members of the population in planning, 3) take the message to the population, 4) give something back to the community, 5) enhance credibility with a community spokesperson, 6) identify and remove barriers, 7) improve staff sensitivity, and 8) educate the population about the trial. To recruit minorities to clinical trials, we have developed the Accrual to Clinical Trials (ACT) framework for understanding and enhancing the recruitment of participants to cancer trials.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. paskett-1@medctr.osu.edu
authors.forename: Electra D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Paskett
authors.forename: Mira L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Cecilia R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: DeGraffinreid
authors.forename: Cathy M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Tatum
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000379:methods; D008913:Minority Groups; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D018579:Patient Selection; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'