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Recruitment, retention, and intervention adherence for a chronic illness self-management intervention with the Apsáalooke Nation.

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Recruitment, retention, and adherence within health intervention research have been understudied in Indigenous communities, where well-known health disparities exist. The purpose of this paper is to describe planned versus actual recruitment, retention, and adherence strategies and the evaluation of retention and adherence strategies for a community-based research study of a Chronic Illness (CI) self-management intervention within an Indigenous community. A Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach was used to develop and implement Báa nnilah, a culturally consonant educational intervention to improve CI self-management. Reasons for participant adherence and retention were tracked and recorded over time. A post-intervention survey assessed barriers and facilitators to intervention adherence. Overall, recruitment, retention, and adherence methods were successful in enrolling and maintaining participation. Using a CBPR approach and culturally consonant strategies may assist in meeting recruitment goals and improving sustained participation of community members, thus impacting health disparities among Indigenous communities.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Laurel Fimbel, Mikayla Pitts, Mark Schure, Alma Knows His Gun McCormick, Suzanne Held

Institutions: Montana State University, Ministry of Health

Language: English

Topic: Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Awards: Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Network IDeA-CTR, MT INBRE: A Multidisciplinary Research Network, Improving Chronic Illness Management with the Apsaalooke Nation: The Baa nnilah Project