High tech and high touch: Recruitment strategies for enrolling African American stroke survivors in Community Based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after stroke (CINGS) trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substantial effort has been undertaken to improve the recruitment and retention of participants in stroke trials. African Americans are disproportionately under-represented in stroke clinical trials as well as clinical trials for other chronic disease conditions. To circumvent barriers to recruitment, clinical trial recruitment strategies used to recruit African Americans have focused on different aspects of community engagement.

Purpose

This study examined a community-engaged, multi-phased tailored approach to recruiting African Americans with stroke. The recruitment approach described was designed to support the Community Based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (CINGS) trial, part of the Wide Spectrum Investigation of Stroke Outcome Disparities on M

SUBMITTER: Magwood GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8441066 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature