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Introduction

Recruitment Plan

Recruitment Methods

Avoiding
Under-Representation

Summary


Parts of the content in this module are compiled from works of the following authors.  Individual references are not made in the text.  See the bibliography in the "Resources" section for more information.

Bibliography

Barrett, R. (2002). A Nurse's Primer on Recruiting Participants for Clinical Trials.  Oncology Nursing Forum, 29(7):1091-1098.

Brown, D.R., Fouad, M.N., Basen-Engquist, K., & Tortolero-Luna, G. (2000). Recruitment and Retention of Minority Women in Cancer Screening, Prevention, and Treatment Trials.  Annals of Epidemiology, 10(S8):S13-S21.

Flaskerud, J.H. & Nyamathi, A.M. (2000). Attaining Gender and Ethnic Diversity in Health Intervention Research Cultural Responsiveness versus Resource Provision.  Advances in Nursing Science, 22(4): 1, 15.

Ford, B. (2000).  Recruitment and Promotion Strategies for Clinical Trials.  In Klimaszewski, A.D., Aikin, J.L., Bacon, M.A., DiStasio, S.A., Ehrenberger, H.E., & Ford, B.A. (Eds.), Manual for Clinical Trials Nursing (pp. 77-78). Oncology Nursing Press, Inc.  Pittsburgh, PA.

Giuliano, A.R., Mokuau, N., Hughes, C., Tortolero-Luna, G., Risendal, B., Ho, R.C.S., Prewitt, T.E., & McCaskill-Stevens, W.J.  (2000). Participation of Minorities in Cancer Research: The Influence of Structural, Cultural, and Linguistic Factors. Annals of Epidemiology, 10(S8):S22-S34.

Harden, J.T. & McFarland, G. (2000). Avoiding Gender and Minority Barriers to NIH Funding.  Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 32(1):83-86. 

Outlaw, F. H., Bourjolly, J.N., & Barg, F.K. (2000). A Study on Recruitment of Black Americans into Clinical Trials Through a Cultural Competence Lens.  Cancer NursingTM, 23(6):444-452.

Spilker, B. & Cramer, J.A. (1992).  Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials.  Raven Press, New York, NY.

Underwood, S.M. & Alexander, G.A. (2000). Executive Summary: Participation of Minorities and Women in Clinical Cancer Research.  Annals of Epidemiology, 10(S8):S1-S2.

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