Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

April 2009

Publication Title

Community Mental Health Journal

Volume

45

Issue Number

2

First Page

137

Last Page

143

DOI

10.1007/s10597-008-9162-7

Keywords

African American, Recruitment, Retention, Severe mental illness

Disciplines

Community Health | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing | Public Health and Community Nursing | Race and Ethnicity | Sociology

Abstract

Data that addresses severely mentally ill (SMI) African Americans (AAs) likelihood to participate in clinical research is limited. This study’s purpose was to determine if differences exist between races regarding eligibility, recruitment, and retention in a community-based clinical trial. The sample included 293 participants. Data sources included clinical records and interviews. Logistic regression was used for analysis. AAs were as likely to participate and to complete followup interviews as Whites. In contrast to studies about non-mentally ill AAs, AAs with SMI appeared to be as willing to consent to and to remain in clinical research studies as Whites.

Comments

This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in the Community Mental Health Journal. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-008-9162-7

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