Recruiting intergenerational African American males for biomedical research Studies: a major research challenge.
The health and well-being of all individuals, independent of race, ethnicity, or gender, is a significant public health concern. Despite many improvements in the status of minority health, African American males continue to have the highest age-adjusted mortality rate of any race-sex group in the Un...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the National Medical Association Vol. 103; no. 6; pp. 480 - 488 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
2011 Jun
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=108249407&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 108249407 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00279684 DJP jtl: Journal of the National Medical Association issn: 00279684 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2011 Jun vid: 103 iid: 6 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 108249407 108249407 NLM21830630 2011239291 NLM21830630 108249407 ppf: 480 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Recruiting intergenerational African American males for biomedical research Studies: a major research challenge. aug: au: Byrd GS Edwards CL Kelkar VA Phillips RG Byrd JR Pim-Pong DS Starks TD Taylor AL Mckinley RE Li YJ Pericak-Vance M Byrd, Goldie S Edwards, Christopher L Kelkar, Vinaya A Phillips, Ruth G Byrd, Jennifer R Pim-Pong, Dora Som Starks, Takiyah D Taylor, Ashleigh L Mckinley, Raechel E affil: Department of Biology, North Carolina A&T State University, College of Arts & Sciences, A411 General Classroom Bldg, 1601 E Market St, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA sug: subj: Attitude to Health Ethnology Research, Medical Ethical Issues Research, Medical Consumer Participation Psychosocial Factors Patient Selection Ethical Issues Research Subjects Psychosocial Factors Researcher-Subject Relations Adult African Americans Age Factors Aged Ethics Ethnological Research Educational Status White Persons Female Male Middle Age Prejudice Sex Factors United States Human Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: The health and well-being of all individuals, independent of race, ethnicity, or gender, is a significant public health concern. Despite many improvements in the status of minority health, African American males continue to have the highest age-adjusted mortality rate of any race-sex group in the United States. Such disparities are accounted for by deaths from a number of diseases such as diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), cancer, and cardiovascular disease, as well as by many historical and present social and cultural constructs that present as obstacles to better health outcomes. Distrust of the medical community, inadequate education, low socioeconomic status, social deprivation, and underutilized primary health care services all contribute to disproportionate health and health care outcomes among African Americans compared to their Caucasian counterparts. Results of clinical research on diseases that disproportionately affect African American males are often limited in their reliability due to common sampling errors existing in the majority of biomedical research studies and clinical trials. There are many reasons for underrepresentation of African American males in clinical trials, including their common recollection and interpretation of relevant historical of biomedical events where minorities were abused or exposed to racial discrimination or racist provocation. In addition, African American males continue to be less educated and more disenfranchised from the majority in society than Caucasian males and females and their African American female counterparts. As such, understanding their perceptions, even in early developmental years, about health and obstacles to involvement in research is important. In an effort to understand perspectives about their level of participation, motivation for participation, impact of education, and engagement in research, this study was designed to explore factors that impact their willingness to participate. Our research suggests that: (1) African American males across all ages are willing to participate in several types of research studies, even those that require human samples; (2) their level of participation is significantly influenced by education level; and (3) their decision to participate in research studies is motivated by civic duty, monetary compensation, and whether they or a relative has had the disease of interest. However, African American males, across all age groups, continue to report a lack of trust as a primary reason for their unwillingness to participate in biomedical research. There is an ongoing need to continue to seek advice, improve communication, and design research studies that garner trust and improve participation among African American males as a targeted underrepresented population. Such communication and dialogues should occur at all age levels of research development to assess. current attitudes and behaviors of African American males around participation. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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