ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2009
Strategies for recruiting Middle Eastern-American young adults for physical activity research: a case of snowballs and Salaam.
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- Strategies to recruit minority persons: a systematic review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2014Pooled it
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- Involving hard-to-reach ethnic minorities in low-budget health research: lessons from a health survey among Moluccans in the Netherlands.BMC research notes · 2016Article
- Procedures of recruiting, obtaining informed consent, and compensating research participants in Qatar: findings from a qualitative investigation.BMC medical ethics · 2014Article
- Impact of participant incentives and direct and snowball sampling on survey response rate in an ethnically diverse community: results from a pilot study of physical activity and the built environment.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2013Article
- An exploration of the cultural context of kinship and genetics amongst Arabic-Australians: implications for practice.Journal of genetic counseling · 2011Article
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Abstract
Recruitment of minorities into health studies is a process that has been the subject of recent research effort. The prevalence of hypokinetic disease in the fast growing Middle Eastern-American community is higher than whites and some minority groups and descriptive research is needed to further quantify morbidity status and antecedent behavior. To date, we know of no study that reports recruitment methods of Middle Eastern-American young adults, a demographic group that is transitioning into an at-risk stratum for ethnically associated morbidity. We report and analyze a multi-method approach used in recruiting 240 young adults of this ethnic group into a 1-week study of physical activity utilizing activity logs and pedometers. Participants were primarily recruited through snowball sampling (48.3%), flyers (15.8%), presentations to university campus organizations (15.4%), and graduate research assistants (10.8%). Access was facilitated by assistants who were community insiders; active recruitment was more successful than passive recruitment; and different techniques appealed to different group segments based on gender and religion.
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