José Castillo?Mancilla|Susan E. Cohn|Supriya Krishnan|Michelle Cespedes|Michelle Floris-Moore|G. Todd Schulte|Gregory Pavlov|Donna Mildvan|Kimberly Y. Smith
Minorities Remain Underrepresented in HIV/AIDS Research Despite Access to Clinical Trials
University of Colorado Denver|Northwestern University|Cancer Research And Biostatistics|New York University|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Social and Scientific Systems (United States)|Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation|Mount Sinai Beth Israel|Rush University Medical Center
background objective reasons minority underrepresentation hivaids clinical trials remain unclear aimed evaluate knowledge experience factors influence minority participation hivaids studies united states methods anonymous bilingual selfadministered survey study participation given hivinfected adults attending aids clinical trials groupaffiliated clinics united states puerto rico chisquare tests used evaluate differences race first language level education logistic regression used estimate odds ratio 95 confidence interval ci factors associated talked participation study results analyzed 2175 complete surveys 221 spanish among respondents 31 white 40 blackafrican american aa 21 hispanic overall rate previous participation hivaids study 48 hispanics less likely know studies compared whites aas 67 vs 74 76 respectively p 001 compared whites aas hispanics less likely talked participating study 76 vs 67 67 respectively p 001 talked participating study 065 95 ci 052081 aas 065 95 ci 049085 hispanics compared whites aas hispanics likely state studies friendly race 17 10 vs 4 p 001 conclusions minorities continue face barriers hivaids trial participation even clinical research available enrollment strategies better target minorities improve recruitment hivaids research