title: Community Health Worker Perspectives on Recruitment and Retention of Recent Immigrant Women in a Randomized Clinical Trial.
abstract: This study explores the recruitment and retention strategies used by community health workers who enrolled Korean Americans in a church-based, randomized trial to promote mammogram and Papanicolaou tests and retained them for 6 months. We conducted 4 focus groups with 23 community health workers. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis. Themes were identified in relation to recruitment: personal networks, formal networks at churches, building on trust and respect, and facilitating a nonthreatening environment. Themes were identified for retention: trust and peer support. Qualified, well-trained community health workers can recruit and retain hard-to-reach immigrant women in a randomized trial by using multiple culturally sensitive strategies.
authors.affiliation: Kyungpook National University School of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Daegu, South Korea (Dr Choi); The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Heo); Chungnam National University College of Nursing, Daejeon, South Korea (Dr Song); and The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Han).
authors.forename: Eunsuk
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Grace Jeongim
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: Youngshin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Hae-Ra
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult