title: A qualitative case study examining intervention tailoring for minorities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore issues of intervention tailoring for ethnic minorities based on information and experiences shared by researchers affiliated with the Health Maintenance Consortium (HMC).
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative case study methodology was used with the administration of a survey (n = 17 principal investigators) and follow-up telephone interviews. Descriptive and content analyses were conducted, and a synthesis of the findings was developed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A majority of the HMC projects used individual tailoring strategies regardless of the ethnic background of participants. Follow-up interview findings indicated that key considerations in the process of intervention tailoring for minorities included formative research; individually oriented adaptations; and intervention components that were congruent with participants' demographics, cultural norms, and social context.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future research should examine the extent to which culturally tailoring long-term maintenance interventions for ethnic minorities is efficacious and should be pursued as an effective methodology to reduce health disparities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Behavioral Health, School of Rural Public Health, McAllen Campus, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2101 S McColl Rd McAllen, TX 78572, USA. nmier@tamhsc.edu
authors.forename: Nelda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mier
authors.forename: Marcia G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Ory
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Toobert
authors.forename: Matthew Lee
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Osuna
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: Edna K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Villarreal
authors.forename: Ralph J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: DiClemente
authors.forename: Barbara K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Rimer
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D003469:Culture; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data