title: A systematic review of barriers and facilitators to minority research participation among African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders.
abstract: To assess the experienced or perceived barriers and facilitators to health research participation for major US racial/ethnic minority populations, we conducted a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies from a search on PubMed and Web of Science from January 2000 to December 2011. With 44 articles included in the review, we found distinct and shared barriers and facilitators. Despite different expressions of mistrust, all groups represented in these studies were willing to participate for altruistic reasons embedded in cultural and community priorities. Greater comparative understanding of barriers and facilitators to racial/ethnic minorities' research participation can improve population-specific recruitment and retention strategies and could better inform future large-scale prospective quantitative and in-depth ethnographic studies.
authors: Sheba George is with the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles. Nelida Duran is with the Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Keith Norris is with the Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles.
authors: Sheba
authors: S
authors: George
authors: Nelida
authors: N
authors: Duran
authors: Keith
authors: K
authors: Norris
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000533:Altruism; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D063505:Racism / Q000523:psychology; D012107:Research Design; D035842:Research Subjects / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D057545:Social Stigma; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035502:Trust