Development of a multi-component intervention to promote participation of Black and Latinx individuals in biomedical research

Abstract

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A multi-step approach to develop a “storytelling” intervention to improve patient gout knowledge and improve outpatient follow-up

“…This highlights the benefits of patient education on important outcomes among people with gout [ 42 , 43 ]. Storytelling interventions have been developed and utilized in hypertension [ 7 , 8 ], osteoporosis [ 10 , 14 ], to improve informed consent process [ 44 ], and in this manuscript we present such an intervention for gout. Such an approach has special relevance since gout is a common but historically understudied condition and afflicted individuals interact frequently with the healthcare system since they often present to an or urgent care setting for gout care [ [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] ].…”

Community-engaged training in informed consent

“…More recently, researchers have begun to employ role-plays in training programs for staff conducting informed consent for research. [22][23][24] Training clinical research staff in communicating informed consent may have additional benefits beyond improving the consent process. For example, communication training has been identified as one possible method to help increase enrollment of underrepresented populations in clinical trials.…”

“…Specifically, the use of role-plays with SPs in training can increase clinicians' confidence [19] and performance [20,21] in conducting informed consent discussions for clinical procedures. More recently, researchers have begun to employ role-plays in training programs for staff conducting informed consent for research [22][23][24].…”

“…For example, communication training has been identified as one possible method to help increase enrollment of underrepresented populations in clinical trials [ 6 ]. Including community members, particularly those from underrepresented populations, in the design and development of training curricula may also help increase diversity among research participants [ 24 ], a continuing challenge for translational science [ 25 ]. Thus, including community members, as opposed to trained actors or staff members, as SPs for role-play exercises may have additional benefits.…”