Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-146

Barriers to and strategies for recruiting Korean Americans for community-partnered health promotion research (Article)

Han H.-R.* , Kang J. , Kim K.B. , Ryu J.P. , Kim M.T.
  • a School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205-2110, United States
  • b Department of Nursing, Chonbuk University, Chonbuk, South Korea
  • c Korean Resource Center, Ellicott City, MD, United States
  • d Department of Sociology, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States
  • e School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205-2110, United States

Abstract

While increasing numbers of researchers are targeting ethnic minorities in order to address their health disparities, the unique health needs of Korean Americans are not well known to the mainstream community, and only relatively few systematic research studies have been conducted in this "hard-to reach" population. The purpose of this paper is to describe the barriers to recruiting participants for health promotion research and to identify facilitators in the community that can contribute to this effort. We have analyzed data pertaining to the 14 studies we have conducted since 1998, which included a total sample of about 2,400 Korean Americans. We describe in detail the unique recruitment challenges that we have faced in regard to the culture, language, sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, such as gender and age, and other community level barriers. Multiple strategies at different levels (individual and community) to address these issues are discussed. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006.

Author Keywords

Community-partnered Korean Americans Health promotion recruitment

Index Keywords

health promotion Consumer Participation human Health Behavior middle aged District of Columbia medical research priority journal research subject Aged Humans ethnic difference Adolescent male Asian American gender bias female cultural factor Article Retrospective Studies adult health education age patient participation research Baltimore attitude to health Korea
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33846104809&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-006-9022-x&partnerID=40&md5=5255ac89eb4d06cd2f60256e4c662884
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9022-x
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 58
Original Language: English