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Strategies For Recruiting A Sample Of Adults With Type 2 Diabetes From Primary Care Clinics In Rural Appalachia: Incorporating Cultural Competence, Roger Carpenter, Laurie A. Theeke
Strategies For Recruiting A Sample Of Adults With Type 2 Diabetes From Primary Care Clinics In Rural Appalachia: Incorporating Cultural Competence, Roger Carpenter, Laurie A. Theeke
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Background: Recruiting research participants from primary care in rural Appalachia is a major challenge and can be influenced by cultural characteristics, making it critically important to incorporate strategies of cultural competence in the overall design of clinical research. Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to describe culturally competent strategies used for recruitment and data collection with a sample of adults with type 2 diabetes from primary care settings in Appalachia.
Design: The Purnell model of cultural competence and relevant literature served as a framework for study design. Four overarching approaches informed the organization of recruitment strategies and development of …