Lloyd Shawnta L, Williams Kelvin Lamonte, Byrd Goldie S
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 525 Vine Street, Suite # 150, Winston Salem, NC, 27101, USA.
J Community Health. 2025 Feb;50(1):120-129. doi: 10.1007/s10900-024-01399-6. Epub 2024 Sep 6.
Despite efforts to diversify research and health programs, Black American men remain a "hard-to-reach" population while collectively suffering from some of the worst health outcomes in the United States. Faith- and community-based approaches have shown potential to engage Black Americans in health promotion and health research activities. The purpose of this article is to examine health research participation and trust in research among a sample of Black American men in rural North Carolina who attended a community-based health symposium, culturally tailored for Black American men (n = 112). A cross-sectional survey was administered among men to learn about health status, health concerns, and perception of health research. Among 106 men who completed the survey, most reported no prior participation in health research (68.87%), but almost a third of men reported interest in participating in health research. No significant differences in trust in research was found based on interest in research participation (interested in research participation, not interested in research participation, no response), presenting an opportunity to increase the trustworthiness of medical institutions and build relationships with this population. These findings will inform future research and health programming for Black American men in rural locations.
尽管人们努力使研究和健康项目多样化，但美国黑人男性仍然是一个“难以触及”的群体，他们总体上承受着美国一些最糟糕的健康后果。基于信仰和社区的方法已显示出促使美国黑人参与健康促进和健康研究活动的潜力。本文的目的是调查参加了为美国黑人男性量身定制的社区健康研讨会的北卡罗来纳州农村地区美国黑人男性样本（n = 112）中的健康研究参与情况和对研究的信任度。对男性进行了一项横断面调查，以了解他们的健康状况、健康问题以及对健康研究的看法。在完成调查的106名男性中，大多数人表示之前没有参与过健康研究（68.87%），但近三分之一的男性表示有兴趣参与健康研究。基于对研究参与的兴趣（对研究参与感兴趣、对研究参与不感兴趣、无回应），在对研究的信任方面未发现显著差异，这为提高医疗机构的可信度以及与这一群体建立关系提供了契机。这些发现将为未来针对农村地区美国黑人男性的研究和健康项目提供参考。
