Office of Research Participant Advocacy (RPA), University of Utah, Research Administration Building Room 112, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States of America.
Office of Research Integrity & Compliance, University of Utah, Research Administration Building Room 112, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States of America.
Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 Jul;106:106439. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106439. Epub 2021 May 14.
In the context of research, one challenge at higher education and medical institutions that are engaged in high levels of research activities is recruiting and enrolling participants for research studies and clinical trials (1) who are of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and (2) whose primary language is not English. By 2020, of the 330 million people living in the U.S., 63% identified as White, 17% identified as Hispanic, 13% identified as Black, 5% identified as Asian, and 1% identified as other. With this shift in ethnic and racial demographics, researchers need to update their methods of recruitment as well as the information and documents provided about research opportunities. The University of Utah's Office Research Participant Advocacy (RPA) was created at the University of Utah in 2008 with an aim to identify and support individuals volunteering for research study participation. The focus of the important and uniquely situated office is to ensure that participants have the information they need for informed research participation, but also to provide researchers with oral and written language services to increase participant diversity in research studies. This short communication describes efforts underway at the RPA to ensure that information about and documents connected to research opportunities are congruent with the needs of research participants and offer equity for participation in research for a shifting cohort of diverse individuals.
在研究领域，高等教育和医疗机构在开展高水平研究活动时面临的一个挑战是招募和纳入研究参与者和临床试验参与者，这些参与者（1）具有不同的种族和族裔背景，（2）母语不是英语。到 2020 年，在美国 3.3 亿人口中，63%的人自认为是白人，17%的人自认为是西班牙裔，13%的人自认为是黑人，5%的人自认为是亚裔，1%的人自认为是其他族裔。随着种族和人口统计数据的变化，研究人员需要更新他们的招募方法，以及关于研究机会的信息和文件。犹他大学的研究参与者倡导办公室（RPA）于 2008 年在犹他大学成立，旨在识别和支持自愿参与研究的个人。这个重要而独特的办公室的重点是确保参与者拥有知情研究参与所需的信息，同时为研究人员提供口头和书面语言服务，以增加研究参与者的多样性。本简讯描述了 RPA 正在进行的努力，以确保与研究机会相关的信息和文件与研究参与者的需求保持一致，并为不断变化的多样化人群提供参与研究的公平机会。
