Racial Differences in Factors that Influence the Willingness to Participate in Medical Research Studies
Annals of EpidemiologyPublished 1 May 2002
Vickie L. Shavers, Charles F. Lynch, Leon F. Burmeister
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The need for medical researchers to build trusting relationships with minority communities is reiterated by acknowledging the previous medical abuse of minority research participants, discussing their specific plans to assure the protection of study participants, and explaining the need for the participation of racial/ethnic minorities.
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These data reiterate the need for medical researchers to build trusting relationships with minority communities. Researchers can begin by acknowledging the previous medical abuse of minority research participants, discussing their specific plans to assure the protection of study participants, and explaining the need for the participation of racial/ethnic minorities including studies that specifically target or that are likely to result in disproportionate representation of racial/ethnic minorities among study participants.
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