ArticleAcademic pediatrics2024
Equity Concerns Across Pediatric Research Recruitment: An Analysis of Research Staff Interviews.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Race and Ethnicity of Infants Enrolled in Neonatal Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
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- Disparities in Headache Care and Research in Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
- Barriers and Facilitators for Equitable Clinical Research Among Pragmatic Trialists: A Qualitative Study.Pragmatic and observational research · 2026Article
- Provider and Parent Perspectives on Pediatric Screening for Research on Early Life Adversity.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2025Article
- Piloting the better research interactions for every family (BRIEF) researcher intervention to support recruitment for a neonatal clinical trial: parent experience and infant enrollment.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Towards better enrollment decision-making for perinatal clinical research: Reconsidering recruitment and consent processes to support family values and preferences.Seminars in perinatology · 2025Review
- Motivations for and against Participation in Neonatal Research: Insights from Interviews of Diverse Parents Approached for Neonatal Research in the United States.The Journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Can Open Science Advance Health Justice? Genomic Research Dissemination in the Evolving Data-Sharing Landscape.The Hastings Center report · 2024Article
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- Equitable communication for pediatric cancer patients and families who speak languages other than English.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2024Article
- Ethical considerations for respectful research participant payment processes.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesDifficulty recruiting individuals from minoritized and underserved populations for clinical research is well documented and has health equity implications. Previously, we reported findings from interviews with research staff about pediatric research recruitment processes. Respondents raised equity concerns related to recruitment and enrollment of participants from minoritized, low resourced, and underserved populations. We therefore decided to perform a secondary coding of the transcripts to examine equity-related issues systematically.
methodsWe conducted a process of secondary coding and analysis of interviews with research staff involved in recruitment for pediatric clinical research. Through consensus we identified codes relevant to equity and developed a conceptual framework including 5 stages of research.
resultsWe analyzed 28 interviews and coded equity-related items. We report 6 implications of our findings. First, inequitable access to clinical care is an upstream barrier to research participation. Second, there is a need to increase research opportunities where underserved and under-represented populations receive care. Third, increasing research team diversity can build trust with patients and families, but teams must ensure adequate support of all research team members. Fourth, issues related to consent processes raise institutional-level opportunities for improvement. Fifth, there are numerous study procedure-related barriers to participation. Sixth, our analysis illustrates that individuals who speak languages other than English face barriers across multiple stages.
conclusionsResearch staff members identified equity-related concerns and recommended potential solutions across 5 stages of the research process, which may guide those endeavoring to improve research recruitment for pediatric patients from minoritized and underserved populations.
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