Inclusive Recruitment Strategies to Maximize Sociodemographic Diversity among Participants: A St. Louis Case Study.

ABSTRACT: Background. Sociodemographically diverse study samples are critical for research related to health decision making. However, not all researchers have the training, capacity, and funding to engage research methods that recruit the most diverse populations. Objective and Methods. We used participant-generated data, staff salary data, and participant observation to examine the effectiveness and cost of strategies that we used for screening, enrolling, and retaining a sociodemographically diverse sample for a risk communication and behavior change randomized controlled trial. Results. It took approximately 646 hours to contact 1,626 individuals and enroll 554 participants (505 of whom completed the baseline survey; 45.2% were members of a underrepresented racial/ethnic gro

SUBMITTER: Carter CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10334001 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature