X. Grace|Yin Tan|Natasha Blakeney|Brenda Seals|S Xiang|Shumenghui Zhai|Amy Liu|Yanfei Tai|Margo Michaels
The Impact of a Community-Based Clinical Trial Educational Intervention among Underrepresented Chinese Americans
Boston University|Boston University|Boston University|Boston University|Boston University|Boston University|Boston University|Boston University|Boston University
clinical trials critical resource discovery new prevention diagnostic treatment methods cancer effective prevention treatment modalities based previous clinical trial results however participation clinical trials underrepresented racialethnic minority populations asian americans particular asian americans least represented ethnic groups clinical trials purpose study develop evaluate culturally linguistically appropriate communitybased educational intervention increase knowledge intent participate cancer clinical trials among underrepresented chinese americanscommunitybased participatory research approach used guide development cultural tailoring implementation evaluation clinical trial intervention first 22 asian community representatives recruited community health educators che received 12hour training clinical trial education second 262 members recruited 11 chinese community organizations recruited total 247 eligible chinese enrolled participated clinical trial education delivered trained ches participants completed pretest posttest interventionfifteen 21 measures clinical trial knowledge showed significant changes post intervention p 005 education remained sole demographic factor increasing clinical trial knowledge multivariate analysisclinical trial education emphasize benefits science larger asian community communitybased clinical trial intervention demonstrated promising results potential enhance recruitment participation clinical trial research among underrepresented asian americansimproving clinical trial participation fastgrowing asian american population key dissemination health innovations targeted diminish health disparities