Recruitment and retention in minority populations [[electronic resource] ] : lessons learned in conducting research on health promotion and minority aging / / Sue E. Levkoff ... [et al.], editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782463103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer Pub., 2000
• ISBN: 1-281-80625-0; 9786611806255; 0-8261-1659-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (113 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LevkoffSue
• Disciplina: 618.97/0089/00973
• Soggetti: Minority older people - Health and hygiene - Research - United States; Minorities - Health and hygiene - Research - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Overview; A National Program to Enhance Research on Minority Aging and Health Promotion; Commentaries; Promoting Minority Health Research at the National Institutes of Health; Recruiting Older Women and Minority Members Into Clinical Trials: An Important Goal for Researchers; Contributions of Behavioral and Social Research to Recruitment and Retention of Minority Populations: A Commentary; Special Articles; The Matching Model of Recruitment; Recruiting African Americans for Health Studies: Lessons From the Drew-RAND Center on Health and Aging; Recruitment of Older African Americans Into Church-Based Exercise Programs Predicting Retention for Older African Americans in a Community Study and a Clinical Study: Does Anything Work?; Health Promotion Research With Mexican American Elders: Matching Approaches to Settings at the Mediator-and Micro-Levels of Recruitment; Minority Populations and Psycho-physiologic Research: Challenges in Trust Building and Recruitment; The Power of Labels: Recruiting Dementia-Affected Chinese American Elders and Their Caregivers
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite projections of significant growth in older minority populations, ; researchers have little more than surface-level appreciation of how cultural factors will shape mental and physical health outcomes. This volume is part of a new wave of studies designed to address the issue of recruiting and retaining minority elders for participation in research studies. The authors highlight the strengths and weaknesses of a wide array of research designs, ranging from small, in-depth qualitative studies to randomized, controlled behavioral interventions. Several chapters focus on successes with Africa