Recruiting research participants at community education sites.
BACKGROUND
Minority groups are underrepresented in research, making it difficult to apply medical advances with confidence. In this study, we explored whether community-based cancer education sites and educators serving the African American community could be used to recruit minority participants to research.


METHODS
We invited Individuals at community education sites to provide buccal scrapings, saliva samples, psychometric data, and personal information anonymously.


RESULTS
Culturally aligned community sites (100%) collaborated in the research recruitment, as did 83% of the individuals at those sites.


CONCLUSIONS
Community-based education sites offer exceptional promise for teaching about research benefits and recruiting members of minority groups to research studies.
Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA. gsadler@ucsd.edu
Georgia Robins
GR
Sadler
Melanie
M
Peterson
Linda
L
Wasserman
Paul
P
Mills
Vanessa L
VL
Malcarne
Cheryl
C
Rock
Sonia
S
Ancoli-Israel
Amanda
A
Moore
Rai-Nesha
RN
Weldon
Tenisha
T
Garcia
Richard D
RD
Kolodner
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D015930:Diet Records; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D009369:Neoplasms; D018579:Patient Selection; D012106:Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D004247:DNA