Joycelyn Cudjoe|Ruth?Alma Turkson?Ocran|Angelica K. Ezeigwe|Yvonne Commodore?Mensah|Manka Nkimbeng|Hae Ra Han
Recruiting African Immigrant Women for Community-Based Cancer Prevention Studies: Lessons Learned from the AfroPap Study
Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University
recruitment research challenging particularly racialethnic minorities immigrants remains dearth research identifying health sociocultural needs populations related recruitment describe experiences lessons learned recruiting african immigrant ai women afropap study communitybased study examining correlates cervical cancer screening behaviors developed several recruitment strategies collaboration key informants considered published recruitment methods proven effective immigrant populations also evaluated various recruitment strategies using recruitment records study team meeting logs enrolled 167 ai women afropap study used following recruitment strategies 1 mobilizing african churches 2 utilizing word mouth family friends 3 maximizing research teams cultural competence gender concordance 4 promoting altruism health education 5 ensuring confidentiality consenting data collection processes 6 providing options data collection online recruitment via whatsapp effective recruitment strategy built existing information sharing norms within community fear confidentiality breaches time constraints common barriers recruitment successful recruiting hardtoreach immigrant population study understand correlates cervical cancer screening behaviors among ai women using variety recruitment strategies future research involving african immigrants using internet social media recruit participants promising strategy consider