TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges in recruiting aging women holocaust survivors to a case control study of breast cancer
AU - Vin-Raviv, Neomi
AU - Dekel, Rachel
AU - Barchana, Micha
AU - Linn, Shai
AU - Keinan-Boker, Lital
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - Older adults are underrepresented in medical research for many reasons, including recruitment difficulties. Recruitment of older adults for research studies is often a time-consuming process and can be more challenging when the study involves older adults with unique exposures to traumatic events and from minority groups. The current article provides a brief overview of (a) challenges encountered while recruiting aging women Holocaust survivors for a case control study and (b) strategies used for meeting those challenges. The case group comprised women Holocaust survivors who were recently diagnosed with breast cancer and the control group comprised healthy women from a Holocaust-survivor community in Israel.
AB - Older adults are underrepresented in medical research for many reasons, including recruitment difficulties. Recruitment of older adults for research studies is often a time-consuming process and can be more challenging when the study involves older adults with unique exposures to traumatic events and from minority groups. The current article provides a brief overview of (a) challenges encountered while recruiting aging women Holocaust survivors for a case control study and (b) strategies used for meeting those challenges. The case group comprised women Holocaust survivors who were recently diagnosed with breast cancer and the control group comprised healthy women from a Holocaust-survivor community in Israel.
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U2 - 10.3928/19404921-20150522-07
DO - 10.3928/19404921-20150522-07
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C2 - 26020580
SN - 1940-4921
VL - 8
SP - 265
EP - 272
JO - Research in gerontological nursing
JF - Research in gerontological nursing
IS - 6
ER -