Family and Community Health
Volume 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-61

Community health worker perspectives on recruitment and retention of recent immigrant women in a randomized clinical trial (Article)

Choi E. , Jeongim Heo G. , Song Y. , Han H.-R.*
  • a Kyungpook National University School of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Daegu, South Korea
  • b Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
  • c Chungnam National University College of Nursing, Daejeon, South Korea
  • d Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 NWolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States

Abstract

This study explores the recruitment and retention strategies used by community health workers who enrolled Korean Americans in a church-based, randomized trial to promote mammogram and Papanicolaou tests and retained them for 6 months. We conducted 4 focus groups with 23 community health workers. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis. Themes were identified in relation to recruitment: personal networks, formal networks at churches, building on trust and respect, and facilitating a nonthreatening environment. Themes were identified for retention: Trust and peer support. Qualified, well-Trained community health workers can recruit and retain hard-To-reach immigrant women in a randomized trial by using multiple culturally sensitive strategies. © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

immigrant women focus groups recruitment Retention community health worker

Index Keywords

information processing Community Health Workers immigrant controlled clinical trial clinical trial Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic randomized controlled trial (topic) human middle aged randomized controlled trial health auxiliary religion Young Adult Humans migrant American Trust Asian Americans Emigrants and Immigrants Asian American female peer group women's health thematic analysis adult Papanicolaou Test patient selection Community-Institutional Relations public relations Focus Groups
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84948471613&doi=10.1097%2fFCH.0000000000000089&partnerID=40&md5=7a5f20015325a09e8c4d94b254f70777
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000089
ISSN: 01606379
Cited by: 8
Original Language: English