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Recruitment of older African Americans for survey research — a process evaluation of the community and church-based strategy in the Durham Elders Project
Author(s)	Peter S Reed, Kristie Long Foley, John Hatch
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 43, no 1, February 2003
Pages	pp 52-61
Keywords	Black African ; Living in the community ; Participation ; Health [elderly] ; Projects ; United States of America.
Annotation	The disproportionately high burden of mortality and morbidity in older African Americans is due, in part, to a lack of understanding of those factors contributing to such outcomes. This article is a process evaluation describing the successes and challenges associated with recruiting older African Americans to the Durham Elders Project, a general health survey of that older ethnic group in Durham, North Carolina. It considers an effort to nurture collaboration between university and community institutions to both facilitate research endeavours and to offer meaningful and culturally appropriate contributions to the community. The primary challenges discovered include the effective coordination of a community research advisory board, ensuring participant autonomy, and reducing concerns of exploitation among potential participants. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030417003 A
Classmark	TKF: K4: TMB: CC: 3E: 7T
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