title: Strategies and Challenges in Recruiting Black Immigrant Mothers for a Community-Based Study on Child Nutritional Health in Ottawa, Canada.
abstract: There is a need to identify barriers to participation as well as recruitment strategies to engage minority parents of young children in health-oriented research. This paper offers insights on strategies and challenges in recruiting black immigrant mothers living in Ottawa (Canada) for a community-based health-oriented research project among 6-to-12-year-old children. We recruited 259 mother-child dyads. Most participants were recruited by team members during community events, fairs, religious gatherings, etc. Other successful strategies included referral from participants, community partners, and through research team members' networks. Mass media strategies were mostly ineffective. Instant and meaningful incentives, developing community partnerships, building and ensuring study legitimacy and trust, placing convenience of participants ahead of that of research team members, doing community outreach, and taking contact information on the spot, as well as using word-of-mouth were essential to recruiting. This study clearly indicates the importance of adopting multiple recruitment strategies.
authors.affiliation: School of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 25 University Pvt (THN 116), Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.|Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Rosanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blanchet
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Dia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sanou
authors.affiliation: School of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 25 University Pvt (THN 116), Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
authors.forename: Constance P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Nana
authors.affiliation: School of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 25 University Pvt (THN 116), Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
authors.forename: Elise
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pauzé
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Malek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batal
authors.affiliation: School of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 25 University Pvt (THN 116), Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. igiroux@uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Giroux
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008402:Mass Media; D009035:Mothers; D018579:Patient Selection; D012931:Social Environment; D035502:Trust
keywords: Children; Immigrants; Minority; Recruitment