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Recruiting Ethnically Diverse Participants Into Qualitative Health Research: Lessons Learned, Hagar Renert, Shelly Russell-Mayhew, Nancy Arthur

The Qualitative Report

The inclusion of ethnically diverse populations in health research is crucial for addressing ethnic disparities in health status and care. Despite this need, non - dominant ethnic groups continue to be under - represented in health studies. The reasons may be at least partly du e to the difficulties inherent in recruiting such groups for research. In this article, we attempt to assist researchers , who are seeking to conduct inclusive qualitative health research , by sharing some of the lessons we learned in the process of recruiting ethnically diverse immigrant women for a qualitative study on the experience of …