Community Health Worker Perspectives on Recruitment and Retention of Recent Immigrant Women in a Randomized Clinical Trial

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. Da...

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Published in:Family & community health 2016-01, Vol.39 (1), p.53-61
Main Authors: Choi, Eunsuk, Heo, Grace Jeongim, Song, Youngshin, Han, Hae-Ra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Asian Americans
Community health care
Community Health Workers
Community-Institutional Relations
Emigrants and Immigrants
Female
Focus Groups
Humans
Immigration
Middle Aged
Original Articles
Patient Selection
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Retention
Women's Health
Womens health
Workers
Young Adult
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0160-6379
1550-5057
DOI:10.1097/FCH.0000000000000089