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Community recruitment process by race, gender, and SES gradient: lessons learned from the Community Health and Stress Evaluation (CHASE) Study experience.

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Burroughs, AR; Visscher, WA; Haney, TL; Efland, JR; Barefoot, JC; Williams, RB; Siegler, IC
Published in: J Community Health
December 2003

Recruitment of community participants for clinical research studies is a challenging task. When possible, community-based recruitment efforts should involve members of the targeted community in the planning, community preparation, and actual recruitment process. It becomes even more difficult to recruit study participants from the community when the research involves an invasive procedure, or when diverse target groups require that a variety of recruitment methods be used. The Community Health and Stress Evaluation (CHASE) Study was designed to determine the role of psychosocial and biobehavioral factors in the etiology of coronary heart disease. It involved both an invasive medical procedure (a spinal tap) and the collection of survey and medical information from Black and White persons in different socioeconomic status (SES) groups. Interestingly, we experienced the greatest difficulty in recruiting lower SES white persons, while groups that typically are "difficult to find" (such as Blacks) were actually easiest to recruit for the study. This paper describes the background of the CHASE study, the community recruitment methods used, and the results of the recruitment efforts by race, gender and SES gradient. We present an evaluation of the community recruitment component, why we think differences occurred, and the lessons learned from the experiences that may be applied to similar studies.

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J Community Health

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ISSN

0094-5145

Publication Date

December 2003

Volume

28

Issue

6

Start / End Page

421 / 437

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Social Class
  • Public Health
  • Patient Selection
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Behavior
  • Female
  • Coronary Disease
  • Community-Institutional Relations
 

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Burroughs, A. R., Visscher, W. A., Haney, T. L., Efland, J. R., Barefoot, J. C., Williams, R. B., & Siegler, I. C. (2003). Community recruitment process by race, gender, and SES gradient: lessons learned from the Community Health and Stress Evaluation (CHASE) Study experience. J Community Health, 28(6), 421–437. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026029723762
Burroughs, Angela R., Wendy A. Visscher, Thomas L. Haney, Jaye R. Efland, John C. Barefoot, Redford B. Williams, and Ilene C. Siegler. “Community recruitment process by race, gender, and SES gradient: lessons learned from the Community Health and Stress Evaluation (CHASE) Study experience.J Community Health 28, no. 6 (December 2003): 421–37. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026029723762.
Burroughs AR, Visscher WA, Haney TL, Efland JR, Barefoot JC, Williams RB, et al. Community recruitment process by race, gender, and SES gradient: lessons learned from the Community Health and Stress Evaluation (CHASE) Study experience. J Community Health. 2003 Dec;28(6):421–37.
Burroughs, Angela R., et al. “Community recruitment process by race, gender, and SES gradient: lessons learned from the Community Health and Stress Evaluation (CHASE) Study experience.J Community Health, vol. 28, no. 6, Dec. 2003, pp. 421–37. Pubmed, doi:10.1023/a:1026029723762.
Burroughs AR, Visscher WA, Haney TL, Efland JR, Barefoot JC, Williams RB, Siegler IC. Community recruitment process by race, gender, and SES gradient: lessons learned from the Community Health and Stress Evaluation (CHASE) Study experience. J Community Health. 2003 Dec;28(6):421–437.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Community Health

DOI

ISSN

0094-5145

Publication Date

December 2003

Volume

28

Issue

6

Start / End Page

421 / 437

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Social Class
  • Public Health
  • Patient Selection
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Behavior
  • Female
  • Coronary Disease
  • Community-Institutional Relations