健康大脑和儿童发育研究 (HBCD) 经验:在一个纵向,多方法的早期儿童研究中招募和保留多样化的家庭
Brenda Jones Harden1, Lorraine M McKelvey1, Julie A Poehlmann1
1University of Maryland, 3942 Campus Drive, Suite 3304, College Park, MD 20742, United States.
Developmental cognitive neuroscience
|August 6, 2024
概括
健康大脑和儿童发育 (HBCD) 研究使用量身定制的策略来招募和保留各种家庭,包括边缘化群体,在发育研究中. 这种方法旨在建立信任,确保包容性参与,以获得更好的科学成果.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 招募和留住多样化的参与者,特别是边缘化和服务不足的人群,对于发展研究至关重要.
- 历史上的不平等和参与者风险 (例如,物质使用) 在社会科学和神经科学研究中提出了重大挑战.
- 健康大脑和儿童发育 (HBCD) 研究旨在了解从产前阶段到幼儿时期的儿童发育.
研究的目的:
- 探索和介绍招募和留住HBCD研究中各种参与者的策略.
- 应对参与边缘化,服务不足和难以接触的人群在纵向研究中的挑战.
- 加强发育神经科学中的代表性,包容性和数据质量.
主要方法:
- 制定战略,专注于建立信任,促进与家庭的关系.
- 在整个研究期间实施持续参与者参与的方法.
- 确保参与者获得适当的补偿和支持系统.
- 调整学习材料和程序的可访问性和文化敏感性.
- 与社区互动,以促进合作和理解.
主要成果:
- 在HBCD研究已经开发了一个多方面的方法来招募和保留参与者.
- 策略强调建立关系,一致的沟通和参与者支持.
- 考虑参与者的需求,包括补偿和可访问的学习材料是不可或缺的.
- 社区参与是成功参与的关键组成部分.
结论:
- 实施的战略旨在提高HBCD研究参与者的代表性和包容性.
- 这些方法旨在克服参与研究的历史障碍和当前挑战.
- 成功招募和留住多样化的家庭将提高发展研究结果的质量和通用性.
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