03528nam 2200577Ia 450 991082504690332120200520144314.01-281-80625-097866118062550-8261-1659-0(CKB)1000000000576892(EBL)423233(OCoLC)286715192(SSID)ssj0000234146(PQKBManifestationID)11199763(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234146(PQKBWorkID)10235820(PQKB)11104509(Au-PeEL)EBL423233(CaPaEBR)ebr10265508(MiAaPQ)EBC423233(EXLCZ)99100000000057689220000411d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRecruitment and retention in minority populations lessons learned in conducting research on health promotion and minority aging /Sue E. Levkoff ... [et al.], editors1st ed.New York Springer Pub.20001 online resource (113 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8261-1375-3 Includes bibliographical references.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 AgingRecruitment 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 CaregiversDespite 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 AfricaMinority older peopleHealth and hygieneResearchUnited StatesMinoritiesHealth and hygieneResearchUnited StatesMinority older peopleHealth and hygieneResearchMinoritiesHealth and hygieneResearch618.97/0089/00973Levkoff Sue1618335MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825046903321Recruitment and retention in minority populations3949984UNINA