Recruiting African-American Research Participation in the Jackson Heart Study: Methods, Response Rates, and Sample Description

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Cunningham MF ; Fuqua SR ; Henderson FR ; Sarpong DF ; Taylor HA ; Wyatt SB
• Description:
  The sampling and recruitment methods, response rate, and cohort description for the all-African-American Jackson Heart Study (JHS) are detailed. Four subsamples of participants residing in the Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan statistical area (MSA) were included: random, volunteer, ARIC (continuing from Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study), and family. A community-driven recruitment model was developed, and community representatives guided recruitment. 96% (n=5,302) of target enrollment was achieved with diversity in sex, education, and income. The JHS cohort provides a sample of African-American adults for longitudinal investigation. Cohort recruitment was challenging. The JHS experiences provide useful lessons for observational epidemiological studies recruiting African-American research participation. Co-participation of researchers and researched in study design and realistic evidence of community benefit were crucial to recruitment success. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Demography Epidemiology Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Cardiovascular-disease Cardiovascular-system-disease Cardiovascular-system-disorders Demographic-characteristics Racial-factors Sampling Sampling-methods Sex-factors
• ISSN:
  1049-510X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Mississippi ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028982
• Citation:
  Ethn Dis 2005 Oct-Nov; 15(4)(Suppl 6):S6-18-S6-29
• Contact Point Address:
  Sharon B. Wyatt, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216-4505
• Email:
  swyatt@son.umsmed.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Ethnicity and Disease
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0066aa756c4b77d978e93877133380bdbcb8f071320cce863d35d3f625968d76f3be9fc5f45d86089723cee04a951c0133c9b5759dffec69e734abfaa4ecf1f0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190068/cdc_190068_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 178.95 KB ]