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A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting
Published on: January 12, 2018
[Strategies to recruit immigrant women to participate in qualitative research]
Mariona Pons-Vigués1, Rosa Puigpinós, Dolors Rodríguez
1Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. mvigues@aspb.cat
Objective:
The present article aims to describe the process of selecting and recruiting women from distinct sociocultural backgrounds who participated in a qualitative research project and to outline the difficulties encountered according to the women's origin.
Methods:
Research was carried out in Barcelona from 2007 to 2008 to identify how culture influences participation in a breast cancer early detection program.
Results:
The study population consisted of native women and immigrant women from developing countries aged 40 to 69 years old resident in Barcelona. Participants were recruited through multiple strategies: key informants, cultural mediators, healthcare professionals, associations, religious institutions, the media, posters, adult education and language schools, and the population census.
Conclusions:
The recruitment process cannot be confined to a single source and associations, religion institutions and cultural mediators are the most effective resources.
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