Overcoming Challenges in Recruitment of South Asians for Health Disparities Research in the USA

South Asians—individuals with origins in the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and other regions of the subcontinent—are an understudied and at-risk racial/ethnic minority population for disproportionate burden of preventable diseases in the USA. Notwithst...

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Published in:Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 195 - 208
Main Authors: Mukherjea, Arnab, Ivey, Susan L., Shariff-Marco, Salma, Kapoor, Nilesh, Allen, Laura
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Science + Business Media 01.02.2018
Springer International Publishing
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Asian Americans
Asian cultural groups
Asian People
Avoidable
Case studies
Community
Community health
Community involvement
Community Participation
Cultural groups
Data collection
Elimination
Epidemiology
Ethnic differences
Ethnic factors
Ethnic groups
Focus groups
Health disparities
Health Services Research
Health status
Health Status Disparities
Human subjects
Humans
Inclusion
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority groups
Multiculturalism & pluralism
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Participation
Population
Public health
Quality of Life Research
Recruitment
Social Inequality
Social Structure
Socioeconomic factors
South Asian cultural groups
Subgroups
Tobacco
United States
Well being
United States
Northern California
California
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
Community engagement
South Asians
Diversity
Recruitment
Health disparities
ISSN:2197-3792, 2196-8837, 2196-8837
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Summary:South Asians—individuals with origins in the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and other regions of the subcontinent—are an understudied and at-risk racial/ethnic minority population for disproportionate burden of preventable diseases in the USA. Notwithstanding lack of research disaggregating Asian American subgroups, a key factor in this paucity of data is the lack of participation and engagement of community members in studies which examine distribution and determinants of adverse health outcomes. The purpose of this case study series is to elucidate distinct barriers in recruitment of South Asians in health disparities research within four diverse study designs. These illustrations are followed by a discussion of effective strategies and promising practices to increase and enhance the participation of community members in health-related studies in order to ultimately understand and address disparities among this rapidly growing cultural group in the US systematic collection of data which not only is representative of this understudied population but also elucidates contextual influences on community health and wellbeing and is pivotal to the reduction and elimination of preventable disparities among South Asians in the USA.
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ISSN:2197-3792
2196-8837
2196-8837
DOI:10.1007/s40615-017-0357-x