Overcoming Recruitment Barriers in Urban Older Adults Residing in Congregate Living Facilities

Table 4

Recruitment recommendation summary.

(1) Partner with known and trusted community agencies.
(2) Perform study at community sites accessible to and frequently visited by the study target population.
(3) Prior to recruitment, conduct a series of educational/outreach activities to acquaint the community with research staff.
(4) Provide immediate reimbursement to generate enthusiasm for and increase referrals into the study.
(5) To the extent feasible, limit the research burden upon participants.
(6) Use a wide variety of recruitment strategies to limit sampling bias and improve recruitment rates.
(7) Have research staff that is fluent in the study target population’s language(s).
(8) Share study findings with participants.

Our study did not do this and we were unable to adequately recruit Hispanic residents.