Faculty Articles
Increasing ethnic minority participation in substance abuse clinical trials: Lessons learned in the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Clinical Trial Network
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2011
Publication Title
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
Volume
17
Issue/Number
4
First Page
345
ISSN
1099-9809
Last Page
356
Abstract/Excerpt
Underrepresentation in clinical trials limits the extent to which ethnic minorities benefit from advances in substance abuse treatment. The objective of this article is to share the knowledge gained within the Clinical Trials Network (CTN) of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and other research on recruiting and retaining ethnic minorities into substance abuse clinical trials. The article includes a discussion of two broad areas for improving inclusion— community involvement and cultural adaptation. CTN case studies are included to illustrate three promising strategies for improving ethnic minority inclusion: respondent-driven sampling, community-based participatory research, and the cultural adaptation of the recruitment and retention procedures. The article concludes with two sections describing a number of methodological concerns in the current research base and our proposed research agenda for improving ethnic minority inclusion that builds on the CTN experience.
DOI
10.1037/a0025668
NSUWorks Citation
Burlew, K.,
Larios, S.,
Suarez-Morales, L.,
Holmes, B.,
Venner, K.,
Chavez, R.
(2011). Increasing ethnic minority participation in substance abuse clinical trials: Lessons learned in the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Clinical Trial Network. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17(4), 345-356.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/286
