Sadler Georgia Robins, York Crystal, Madlensky Lisa, Gibson Kathi, Wasserman Linda, Rosenthal Eric, Barbier Leslie, Newman Vicky A, Tso Cindy
UCSD Cancer Center, Department of Surgery, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093-0850, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2006 Summer;21(2):71-6. doi: 10.1207/s15430154jce2102_6.
Innovative strategies are needed to increase minorities' research participation. Using existing social networks within the African American community, "home health parties" were tested as a way to recruit African American women to a breast cancer control study. Parties included social, educational, and recruitment components. All women attending health parties consented, completed a survey, and received the study's preliminary breast cancer risk assessment. There were no differences in rates of participation for subsequent study components between women recruited via parties versus other methods. Health parties are viable recruitment strategies, reduce barriers to participation, provide a supportive environment, and are relatively inexpensive.
需要创新策略来提高少数群体的研究参与度。利用非裔美国人社区内现有的社交网络，对“家庭健康派对”进行了测试，以此作为招募非裔美国女性参与乳腺癌控制研究的一种方式。派对包括社交、教育和招募环节。所有参加健康派对的女性都表示同意，完成了一项调查，并接受了该研究的初步乳腺癌风险评估。通过派对招募的女性与通过其他方法招募的女性在后续研究环节的参与率上没有差异。健康派对是可行的招募策略，减少了参与障碍，提供了一个支持性的环境，而且成本相对较低。
