ReviewInternational journal for equity in health2024
Reaching the unheard: overcoming challenges in health research with hard-to-reach populations.
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- Health information priorities and recommendations: findings from community listening sessions with women of refugee background from Myanmar in Western Australia.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
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- A community-based programme to reduce non-communicable disease risk among persons living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in three European countries: protocol for a controlled trial.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Social Determinant Correlates of Self-Rated Health Among Newly Resettled Afghan Refugees in Oklahoma City.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Early Childhood Behavioral and Social-Emotional Development Among Asian Indian, Filipino, and Korean Families in the United States: A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Living at the intersections: exploring social and structural influences on mental health service use in Oklahoma's historical Black towns.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Balancing ethical and practical dilemmas: feasibility of a cluster randomised internal pilot trial of Teaching Recovery Techniques with accompanied refugee children in Sweden.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Medical diversity of migrants' physical and mental health understandings.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Facilitating research participation through a research navigator programme: researchers' insights from a project with asylum seekers and refugees.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- Migrants Living in the United Kingdom and Their Perceptions of Participation in Health Research: A Mixed-Methods Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Service capacity and disability resource integration: A strategic survey of immigrant and refugee-serving agencies in Illinois.American journal of community psychology · 2025Article
- Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in clinical trial reporting for metastatic spine tumors: An exploration of North American studies.Neurosurgical review · 2025Review
- Field Notes from the Border: Lessons Learned in Conducting Mental Health Research Involving Newly Arrived Latinx Immigrants as Study Participants.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Article
- Culturally responsive approaches to cultivate care and innovation among emerging public health leaders for ethical community engagement: perspectives informed through lived experience.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The association of migration-related stress with poor mental health among recently resettled Afghan refugees.Journal of migration and health · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeAddressing obstacles such as logistical complexities, social stigma, and the impact of historical traumas is essential for the successful inclusion of underrepresented groups in health research.
methodsThis article reviews engagement and interview techniques used to ethically engage recently settled Afghan refugees in Oklahoma and rural Mexican-born women in Illinois in research. The paper concludes with a reflective discussion on the challenges and lessons learned.
resultsCreative strategies to engage hard-to-reach populations in research included considering the participants' socioeconomic and cultural contexts in their interactions and developing community partnerships to establish trust and obtain reliable data. Other engagement strategies were communicating in the participants' preferred language, providing assistance with reading and responding to study questions for those with low literacy, employing research staff from the population of interest, and recruiting in specific locations where the populations of interest live.
conclusionsCommunity engagement is essential at all stages of research for building trust in hard-to-reach populations, achieving inclusivity in health research, and ensuring that interventions are culturally sensitive and effective.
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