title: "I did it for us and I would do it again": perspectives of rural latinos on providing biospecimens for research.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We elicited perspectives of rural Latino farmworkers and non-farmworkers about their participation in a community-based participatory pesticides exposure study in which they provided multiple biospecimens.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between March and April 2012, we conducted semistructured, one-on-one interviews with 39 rural Latino farmworkers and non-farmworkers in Washington State (n = 39). Nineteen open-ended interview questions aimed to elicit participants' attitudes toward, expectations and experiences of biospecimen collection for research, and willingness to participate in future biomedical research studies. We reviewed and coded transcriptions using qualitative principles of grounded theory in which concepts were identified and themes derived from interview data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We grouped themes into 3 major categories: (1) motivation to participate, (2) challenges of participation, and (3) perceived rewards of participation. Many participants were motivated by the perceived importance of the study topic and a desire to acquire and contribute to new knowledge. Respondents said that the benefits of participation outweighed the challenges, and many expressed satisfaction to be able to contribute to research that would benefit future generations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings supported the use of community-based participatory research to engage minorities as participants and invested parties in such studies.
authors.affiliation: Sarah D. Hohl, Claire Gonzalez, Elizabeth Carosso, Genoveva Ibarra, and Beti Thompson are with the Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. Claire Gonzalez is also with the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: Sarah D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hohl
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carosso
authors.forename: Genoveva
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ibarra
authors.forename: Beti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis; D035842:Research Subjects / Q000523:psychology*; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides