Sistas Inspiring Sistas Through Activity and Support (SISTAS): Study Design and Demographics of Participants

Bevel, Malcolm; Babatunde, Oluwole Adeyemi; Heiney, Sue P.; Brandt, Heather M.; Wirth, Michael D.; Hurley, Thomas G.; Khan, Samira; Johnson, Hiluv; Wineglass, Cassandra; Warren, Tatiana Y.; Murphy, E. Angela; Sercy, Erica; Thomas, Amanda S.; Hébert, James R.; Adams, Swann Arp

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“…AA women compared with EA women were more likely to respond to direct, in-person recruitment methods by concordant outreach staff, rather than general, public advertisements. However, although identification of potential participants depended on the recruitment method used, once women expressed interest, we observed similar rates of consent by AA and EA women, which is consistent with the experience of others ( 9 , 10 , 13 ) supporting the willingness of AA women to participate in clinical trials.…”

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Recruitment and Retention of Healthy, Postmenopausal Women of African and European Ancestry: Results from a Dietary Intervention with Repeated Biospecimen Collections

McCann

Rodriguez

Erwin

et al. 2022

Current Developments in Nutrition

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Recruitment of minority participants to clinical trials, especially studies without therapeutic intent, has been historically challenging. This study describes barriers to and successes of recruitment and retention strategies to dietary studies. A flaxseed study was conducted in healthy, postmenopausal women of African ancestry (AA) and European ancestry (EA) to assess associations between gut microbial community composition and host metabolism (NCT01698294). To ensure equitable participation by AA and EA, multiple forms of recruitment were utilized, including advertisements, posters, email, word of mouth, and community outreach. Successful recruitment and retention of AA women to the intervention depended upon the specific methods used. AA women vs. EA women were more likely to respond to direct recruitment and community-based methods, rather than general advertisements. However, once women expressed interest, similar rates of consent were observed for AA and EA (51.6% vs. 55.7%, AA and EA, respectively, P > 0.05) supporting the willingness of minority populations to participate in clinical research. Retention, however, was lower among AA vs EA women (57.6% vs. 80.9%, AA and EA, respectively; P < 0.01) which may be related to multiple factors including health reasons, intolerance to flaxseed, non-compliance with study requirements, time constraints, and non-specified personal reasons. This study confirms the utility of direct community-based strategies for recruitment of diverse populations into non-therapeutic dietary intervention studies. The methods used successfully identified eligible women who expressed willingness to consent to the trial and were able to achieve > 70% of recruitment goals for AA women. Future efforts are warranted to improve retention to complex studies. Registration: clinicaltrials.gov registration NCT01698294. SUMMARY This report describes the experience and success at recruitment of a diverse study sample for a dietary intervention and shows community engagement methods are effective for African American women.

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“…This review also supported the efficacy of proactive or direct methods, rather than passive (e.g., advertisements, e-mail) recruitment among minorities ( 5 ). More recent studies involving diet reflect the tenets summarized in the 2015 review ( 9 , 10 ).…”

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Recruitment and Retention of Healthy, Postmenopausal Women of African and European Ancestry: Results from a Dietary Intervention with Repeated Biospecimen Collections

McCann

Rodriguez

Erwin

et al. 2022

Current Developments in Nutrition

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Temporal changes in allostatic load patterns by age, race/ethnicity, and gender among the US adult population; 1988–2018

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Aslibekyan

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Preventive Medicine

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The impact of a randomized dietary and physical activity intervention on chronic inflammation among obese African-American women

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Sistas Inspiring Sistas Through Activity and Support (SISTAS): Study Design and Demographics of Participants

Abstract: The SISTAS RCT addresses some of the gaps in the literature with respect to CBPR interventions targeting AA women, such as implementing diet and physical activity in CBPR-based studies to decrease BrCa risk.

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Recruitment and Retention of Healthy, Postmenopausal Women of African and European Ancestry: Results from a Dietary Intervention with Repeated Biospecimen Collections

Recruitment and Retention of Healthy, Postmenopausal Women of African and European Ancestry: Results from a Dietary Intervention with Repeated Biospecimen Collections

Temporal changes in allostatic load patterns by age, race/ethnicity, and gender among the US adult population; 1988–2018

The impact of a randomized dietary and physical activity intervention on chronic inflammation among obese African-American women

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