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| Recruitment and retention of older minorities in mental health services research | | Author(s) | Patricia A Areán, Jennifer Alvidrez, Rowena Nery |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 43, no 1, February 2003 |
| Pages | pp 36-44 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Psychiatric treatment ; Participation ; Research ; Methodology ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors discuss and compare the results of recruitment and retention interventions for two geriatric mental health studies, one using traditional methods, another using consumer-centred methods. Although the consumer-centred methods result in better recruitment and yielded better retention of older minorities in general, it was not superior to the traditional method in recruiting older minorities. Within both methods, recruitment through provider referral and face-to-face contact were the superior recruitment methods. Having an experienced recruiter or a community recruiter resulted in greater agreement to participate than simply having an ethnically matched recruiter. Although these data are observational, and rigorous research on the best methods for recruiting and retaining older minorities is still necessary, the results suggest that a consumer-centred model of research yields greater overall recruitment and retention rates than do traditional methods. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030417001 A |
| Classmark | TK: LP: TMB: 3A: 3D: 7T |
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