Underrepresented Family Caregivers: Building Trust to Strengthen Recruitment and Retention
2024
Building Trust to Recruit and Retain Family Caregivers
Sample size: 97
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Author Information
Author(s): G. Gimm, K. Moss, A. Kalvesmaki, M. Kavanaugh, B. Fields
Hypothesis
How can trust and effective communication improve the recruitment and retention of underrepresented family caregivers in research?
Conclusion
Building trust and using inclusive communication are essential for engaging underrepresented family caregivers in research.
Supporting Evidence
- The symposium focused on effective strategies to engage underrepresented family caregivers.
- One presentation discussed a 9-week stress management intervention for family caregivers.
- Another presentation described recruitment strategies for a virtual peer support intervention for Black/African American caregivers.
- The symposium highlighted barriers to service use for youth caregivers.
Takeaway
This study shows that getting to know caregivers and talking to them in a way they understand helps researchers find and keep them involved.
Methodology
The symposium included presentations on various strategies for engaging underrepresented family caregivers.
Participant Demographics
The study included 97 family caregivers, with 16 being male caregivers.
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