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.
Sadler
Georgia Robins
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Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA. gsadler@ucsd.edu
Peterson
Melanie
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Wasserman
Linda
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Mills
Paul
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Malcarne
Vanessa L
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Rock
Cheryl
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Ancoli-Israel
Sonia
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Moore
Amanda
A
Weldon
Rai-Nesha
RN
Garcia
Tenisha
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Kolodner
Richard D
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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