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Involving Rural, Older African Americans and Their Female Informal Caregivers in Research

University of Michigan

Nancy Morrow-Howell

Enola K. Proctor

Washington University–St. Louis

Sandra J. Fulton Picot

University of Maryland–Baltimore

Danette C. Gillespie

Oregon State University

Pramod Pandey

Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency

Alicia Dey

Bend, Oregon

Objective:This article presents the methodology, procedures, and results for involving rural, older African Americans and recruiting their female informal caregivers for a well-being and service use study. Methods:Using a list of 1,994 Medicare enrollees, this study adapted a reversed screening telephone methodology tested on urban African American elders and their caregivers. It used trained screeners, local African American female interviewers, and a mixed-mode procedure (i.e., telephone and canvassing) to screen elders and recruit caregivers. Results:Adequate information for 1,547 listings allowed screeners to contact qualified elders meeting the study criteria. Using chi-square analysis, significant differences were found between telephone and canvassing screening methods on nonreferral cases and referral cases. Elders or a proxy referred 286 caregivers. Interviewers obtained 265 of 300 proposed caregiver interviews. Discussion:Knowledge about the involvement of rural, older African Americans and recruitment of their female informal caregivers in research is essential to understanding recruitment successes and pitfalls in ethnic minority research.

Key Words: African Americans • elderly Blacks • informal caregivers • rural • rare sampling

Journal of Aging and Health, Vol. 16, No. 5 suppl, 18S-38S (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0898264304268147


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