Comparing two sampling methods to engage hard-to-reach communities in research priority setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective community-partnered and patient-centered outcomes research needs to address community priorities. However, optimal sampling methods to engage stakeholders from hard-to-reach, vulnerable communities to generate research priorities have not been identified.

Methods

In two similar rural, largely Hispanic communities, a community advisory board guided recruitment of stakeholders affected by chronic pain using a different method in each community: 1) snowball sampling, a chain- referral method or 2) purposive sampling to recruit diverse stakeholders. In both communities, three groups of stakeholders attended a series of three facilitated meetings to orient, brainstorm, and prioritize ideas (9 meetings/community). Using mixed methods analysis, we compared stak

SUBMITTER: Valerio MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5084459 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature