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Recruitment and retention in minority populations — lessons learned in conducting research on health promotion and minority aging
Author(s)	Sue E Levkoff, Thomas R Prohaska, Patricia Flynn Weitzman
Journal title	Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 6, no 1, Spring 2000
Pages	112 pp
Keywords	Ethnic groups ; Participation ; Health [elderly] ; Participant observation ; Clinical surveys ; Research ; Methodology ; United States of America.
Annotation	The strengths and weakness of a wide range of research designs - from small, in-depth qualitative studies to randomised, controlled behavioural interventions - are demonstrated. Articles describe work with diverse older populations including Latinos, African Americans and Chinese Americans, from both the researchers' and participants' perspectives. The articles also bring out common themes and factors associated with recruitment success and failure, examples of which include: language as a barrier; the role of community and family as gatekeepers to participation; lack of trust in researchers and research; and the use of qualitative methodologies to uncover recruitment barriers. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000608225 B
Classmark	TK: TMB: CC: 3DB: 3G: 3A: 3D: 7T
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