title: Ten commandments of faith-based recruitment.
abstract: Recruitment of older adults for clinical research, especially racial/ethnic minorities, is challenging at best. This article reports the author's experience and reviews current literature regarding faith-based methods to recruit older Black and White women for research. Her work and the literature review suggest 10 major recommendations for faith-based recruitment. Recommendations include: Select only faith institutions with religious leaders who actively advocate and collaborate; select key advisors or "insiders" to facilitate and customize the study; use culturally appropriate and age-sensitive recruitment and study materials; use faith institution facilities and promote access; use incentives; increase "face time"; use existing faith groups to encourage peer support; make it a social event and make it fun; provide personal benefit to participation; and customize spirituality. Involvement with faith institutions may be essential to reach groups who have been underrepresented in research.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA. L.Lefler@uams.edu
authors.forename: Leanne L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Lefler
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology; D000368:Aged; D001131:Arkansas; D002835:Christianity / Q000523:psychology*; D002977:Clergy / Q000523:psychology; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018579:Patient Selection; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012107:Research Design; D035842:Research Subjects / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology