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  • Title: [Strategies to recruit immigrant women to participate in qualitative research].
    Author: Pons-Vigués M, Puigpinós R, Rodríguez D, Fernández de Sanmamed MJ.
    Journal: Gac Sanit; 2009 Dec; 23 Suppl 1():90-2. PubMed ID: 19880221.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The present article aims to describe the process of selecting and recruiting women from distinct sociocultural backgrounds who participated in a qualitative research project and to outline the difficulties encountered according to the women's origin. METHODS: Research was carried out in Barcelona from 2007 to 2008 to identify how culture influences participation in a breast cancer early detection program. RESULTS: The study population consisted of native women and immigrant women from developing countries aged 40 to 69 years old resident in Barcelona. Participants were recruited through multiple strategies: key informants, cultural mediators, healthcare professionals, associations, religious institutions, the media, posters, adult education and language schools, and the population census. CONCLUSIONS: The recruitment process cannot be confined to a single source and associations, religion institutions and cultural mediators are the most effective resources.
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