Sherrie Flynt Wallington|Chiranjeev Dash|Vanessa B. Sheppard|Tawara D. Goode|Bridget A. Oppong|Everett Dodson|Rhonda N. Hamilton|Lucile L. Adams?Campbell
Enrolling Minority and Underserved Populations in Cancer Clinical Research
Georgetown University Medical Center|Georgetown University|Georgetown University Medical Center|Georgetown University
research suggests community involvement integral solving public health problems including involvement clinical trialsa gold standard significant racialethnic disparities exist accrual participants clinical trials location cultural aspects clinical trials influence recruitment accrual clinical trials increasingly necessary aware defining characteristics location culture populations research participants enrolled little research examined effect location cultural competency adapting clinical trial research minority underserved communities accrual clinical trials utilizing embedded community academic sites authors applied cultural competency frameworks adapt clinical trial research order increase minority participation nontherapeutic cancer clinical trials strategy resulted successful accrual participants new clinical research trials specifically targeting participation minority underserved communities metropolitan washington dc 2012 2014 total 559 participants enrolled across six nontherapeutic clinical trials representing 62 increase enrollment blacks clinical research embedding cancer prevention programs research community shown yet another important strategy arsenal approaches potentially enhance clinical research enrollment capacity analyses showed capacity acquire cultural knowledge patientstheir physical locales cultural values environments liveis essential recruiting culturally ethnically diverse population samples research suggests community involvement integral solving public health problems including involvement clinical trialsa gold standard significant racialethnic disparities exist accrual participants clinical trials location cultural aspects clinical trials influence recruitment accrual clinical trials increasingly necessary aware defining characteristics location culture populations research participants enrolled little research examined effect location cultural competency adapting clinical trial research minority underserved communities accrual clinical trials utilizing embedded community academic sites authors applied cultural competency frameworks adapt clinical trial research order increase minority participation nontherapeutic cancer clinical trials strategy resulted successful accrual participants new clinical research trials specifically targeting participation minority underserved communities metropolitan washington dc 2012 2014 total 559 participants enrolled across six nontherapeutic clinical trials representing 62 increase enrollment blacks clinical research embedding cancer prevention programs research community shown yet another important strategy arsenal approaches potentially enhance clinical research enrollment capacity analyses showed capacity acquire cultural knowledge patientstheir physical locales cultural values environments liveis essential recruiting culturally ethnically diverse population samples