We plan to take a multifaceted approach to participant recruitment. Our first strategy is to utilize paper and electronic advertisements at community partner sites. We will hang flyers describing the study at the senior center and church where biometric data will be collected. These two places will be sent electronic copies of the flyer and they may choose to include it in newsletters. Additionally, the Healthier Black Elder Center will include a recruitment posting in their newsletter and email listings [39 ].
The second strategy is to use two research registries to reach out to potential participants that meet our inclusion criteria. The first is the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research Participant Research Pool (MCUAAAR PRP) through the Healthier Black Elder Center, a volunteer registry of Black males who are at least 55 years old that is accessible to researchers to find candidates for their studies. Our previous studies have successfully utilized MCUAAAR PRP as a recruitment tool. There are currently a total of 1080 men on the registry, with 339 of them known to have type 2 diabetes [40 ]. The second registry is the University of Michigan Data Office for Clinical and Translational Research DataDirect PHI system [41 ]. Both of these registries will provide our research team with names, phone numbers, and email addresses of men who meet our inclusion criteria. Men from these registries will be emailed and/or called to gauge interest and to sign up for enrollment.
Our third strategy is snowball sampling by providing the flyer to a variety of different people including participants of a previous DSMES study, participants who were interviewed during the Phase I of this study, and other researchers. Those who are given the flyer will be encouraged to share it with people in their personal and professional networks who may benefit from the study.
Men interested in participating in the study will either call a central office phone number or be identified through cold calls and/or recruitment emails. If the men express interest in the study, they will be screened to ensure they meet the inclusion criteria previously stated. Upon completion of the phone screen, the study team member will inform the individual if they are eligible to complete the baseline interview. If the individual is eligible, a baseline assessment will be scheduled, and details will be given to the individual.
At the time this protocol was submitted, participant recruitment had begun but no participants were enrolled.
The second strategy is to use two research registries to reach out to potential participants that meet our inclusion criteria. The first is the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research Participant Research Pool (MCUAAAR PRP) through the Healthier Black Elder Center, a volunteer registry of Black males who are at least 55 years old that is accessible to researchers to find candidates for their studies. Our previous studies have successfully utilized MCUAAAR PRP as a recruitment tool. There are currently a total of 1080 men on the registry, with 339 of them known to have type 2 diabetes [40 ]. The second registry is the University of Michigan Data Office for Clinical and Translational Research DataDirect PHI system [41 ]. Both of these registries will provide our research team with names, phone numbers, and email addresses of men who meet our inclusion criteria. Men from these registries will be emailed and/or called to gauge interest and to sign up for enrollment.
Our third strategy is snowball sampling by providing the flyer to a variety of different people including participants of a previous DSMES study, participants who were interviewed during the Phase I of this study, and other researchers. Those who are given the flyer will be encouraged to share it with people in their personal and professional networks who may benefit from the study.
Men interested in participating in the study will either call a central office phone number or be identified through cold calls and/or recruitment emails. If the men express interest in the study, they will be screened to ensure they meet the inclusion criteria previously stated. Upon completion of the phone screen, the study team member will inform the individual if they are eligible to complete the baseline interview. If the individual is eligible, a baseline assessment will be scheduled, and details will be given to the individual.
At the time this protocol was submitted, participant recruitment had begun but no participants were enrolled.
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