Recruitment and Retention of Healthy, Postmenopausal Women of African and European Ancestry: Results from a Dietary Intervention with Repeated Biospecimen Collections.

ABSTRACT: Recruitment of minority participants to clinical trials, especially studies without therapeutic intent, has been historically challenging. This study describes barriers to and successes of recruitment and retention strategies to dietary studies. A flaxseed study was conducted in healthy, postmenopausal women of African ancestry (AA) and European ancestry (EA) to assess associations between gut microbial community composition and host metabolism (NCT01698294). To ensure equitable participation by AA and EA women, multiple forms of recruitment were utilized, including advertisements, posters, e-mail, word of mouth, and community outreach. Successful recruitment and retention of AA women to the intervention depended upon the specific methods used. AA women compared with EA women were more lik

SUBMITTER: McCann SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8894291 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature