Engaging, recruiting, and retaining pregnant people from marginalized communities in environmental health cohort studies: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify barriers to and strategies for improving the representation of pregnant people from marginalized communities in pregnancy cohort studies that measure environmental chemicals.

Methods

Guided by the Arksey O'Malley and Levac Frameworks, we conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature published between 2000 and 2022. Included studies discussed barriers and/or strategies related to engaging, recruiting, and retaining pregnant participants or participants of reproductive age from marginalized communities into environmental health research.

Results

Twenty-nine peer-reviewed articles were included in the review. Overall, 31% (9/29) of the studies reported on engagement, recruitment, and retention of participants from racialized communities, 1

SUBMITTER: Fazli GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11887406 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature