Ladson Hinton|Kimberly Carter|Bruce Reed|Laurel Beckett|Esther Lara|Charles DeCarli|Dan Mungas
Recruitment of a Community-based Cohort for Research on Diversity and Risk of Dementia
University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis
describe history development success recruitment screening procedures used researchers university california davis alzheimers disease center ucd adc facilitate minority enrollment research initial unsuccessful approach satellite clinics minority neighborhoods adc shifted active community outreach approach multiple strategies implemented remove barriers research participation providing transportation clinical appointments offering inhome cognitive screening considerable resources directed toward hiring training bicultural bilingual individuals knowledge target populations recruiters staff involved clinical assessment implementation methods resulted dramatic increase number ethnic minorities enrolled retained research protocols including protocols complex longitudinal diversity achieved variables well years education cohort range 0 21 26 8 years less community screen identified candidates depth clinical evaluation enrollment longitudinal research examined factors predicted positive response invitation clinical evaluation individuals broader fund knowledge likely participate independent variables including ethnicity education diversity important goal active outreach far efficacious clinicbased advertisingbased approaches recruitment