title: Challenges in Recruiting Aging Women Holocaust Survivors to a Case Control Study of Breast Cancer.
abstract: Older adults are underrepresented in medical research for many reasons, including recruitment difficulties. Recruitment of older adults for research studies is often a time-consuming process and can be more challenging when the study involves older adults with unique exposures to traumatic events and from minority groups. The current article provides a brief overview of (a) challenges encountered while recruiting aging women Holocaust survivors for a case control study and (b) strategies used for meeting those challenges. The case group comprised women Holocaust survivors who were recently diagnosed with breast cancer and the control group comprised healthy women from a Holocaust-survivor community in Israel.
authors.forename: Neomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vin-Raviv
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dekel
authors.forename: Micha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barchana
authors.forename: Shai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Linn
authors.forename: Lital
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Keinan-Boker
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D017767:Holocaust / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D018579:Patient Selection; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D035502:Trust / Q000523:psychology*; D047789:World War II