Department of Pediatrics of Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2011 Nov-Dec;36(10):1093-101. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsr030. Epub 2011 Jun 17.
To improve representation of minorities in research, we examined recruitment methods from our study of Latino and non-Latino families of children with Intellectual Disability (ID).
We compared recruitment strategies that yielded the enrollment target of 200 matched Latino and nonLatino families of children with ID and controls. Active recruitment strategies involved direct contact with potential participants; passive strategies included disseminating study information.
Effective outreach focused on community agencies where children had ongoing involvement and utilizing bilingual/bicultural staff. Latino families were significantly more likely to be recruited by an active strategy than non-Latino families. Active and passive strategies were both effective with non-Latino ID families. Asking research participants to inform other families about the study and sharing consent to contact lists with other investigators was productive with control families.
Bilingual staff and active recruitment through familiar community services were successful in recruiting Latino families for research.
为了提高少数民族在研究中的代表性，我们研究了拉丁裔和非拉丁裔儿童智障（ID）家庭的招募方法。
我们比较了招募策略，这些策略产生了 200 个匹配的拉丁裔和非拉丁裔 ID 儿童及其对照组家庭的入组目标。主动招募策略涉及与潜在参与者的直接接触；被动策略包括传播研究信息。
有效的外展工作集中在儿童持续参与的社区机构，并利用双语/双文化工作人员。与非拉丁裔家庭相比，拉丁裔家庭更有可能通过主动策略招募。主动和被动策略对非拉丁裔 ID 家庭都有效。让研究参与者告知其他家庭有关研究的信息，并与其他研究人员共享同意联系名单，对对照组家庭也很有效。
双语工作人员和通过熟悉的社区服务进行的主动招募成功地招募了拉丁裔家庭参与研究。
