To assess the experienced or perceived barriers and facilitators to health research
participation for major US racial/ethnic minority populations, we conducted a systematic …

Adherence to medications is dependent upon a variety of factors, including individual
characteristics of the patient, the patient's family and culture, interactions with healthcare …

Abstract For 40 years, the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male passively
monitored hundreds of adult black men with syphilis despite the availability of effective …

Background Clinical trials that study cancer are essential for testing the safety and
effectiveness of promising treatments, but most people with cancer never enroll in a clinical …

This paper describes results of a qualitative study that explored barriers to research
participation among African American adults. A purposive sampling strategy was used to …

ContextDespite the importance of diversity of cancer trial participants with regard to race,
ethnicity, age, and sex, there is little recent information about the representation of these …

Objective. A legacy of racial discrimination in medical research and the health care system
has been linked to a low level of trust in medical research and medical care among African …

▪ Abstract Our ability, as leaders in public health scholarship and practice, to achieve and
measure progress in addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health status and health care is …

Cross-cultural research is rife with ethical and methodological challenges but, despite the
increased demand for such research, discussions on'culturally sensitive methodologies' are …

Background It is widely claimed that racial and ethnic minorities, especially in the US, are
less willing than non-minority individuals to participate in health research. Yet, there is a …