Strategies for recruiting a sample of adults with type 2 diabetes from primary care clinics in rural Appalachia: Incorporating cultural competence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recruiting research participants from primary care in rural Appalachia is a major challenge and can be influenced by cultural characteristics, making it critically important to incorporate strategies of cultural competence in the overall design of clinical research.

Objectives

The purpose of this paper is to describe culturally competent strategies used for recruitment and data collection with a sample of adults with type 2 diabetes from primary care settings in Appalachia.

Design

The Purnell model of cultural competence and relevant literature served as a framework for study design. Four overarching approaches informed the organization of recruitment strategies and development of the data collection plan.

Procedures

The approaches included selection

SUBMITTER: Carpenter R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626207 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature