Barriers and facilitators to conducting human subjects research at a safety net institution from the perspective of researchers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed glaring problems with clinical research enterprise. Faced with crisis, several trials opened rapidly but enrolled homogenous populations with few Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals. Inclusive trial enrollment is important to inspire trust and confidence in BIPOC populations that have been historically excluded or harmed from research and to improve the generalizability of research findings. Safety-net hospitals and institutions often care for BIPOC populations, and thus it is essential to improve equitable participation in research at these institutions. In this study, we sought to understand barriers and facilitators to research participation at safety net institutions.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured

SUBMITTER: Barnes SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11709291 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature