RECRUITING THE MINORITIZED: AFRICAN AMERICAN BEREAVED DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS

Robbin Frazier, Ashley Millenbah, Sheryl Fairbanks, Warren Wolfe, Zachary Baker · 2023

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Research on bereaved dementia caregivers rarely hears from African American families, and this project set out to change that. Robbin Frazier and co-authors describe in 2023 how the study, based in Minnesota's Twin Cities, chose to focus on African American caregivers after talks with community partners. Recruiting grew from years of ties with schools, nonprofits, and personal networks.

The team joined forces with a church-based dementia project and a youth group to reach younger caregivers. Most of all, they recruited in small stages, letting each person name the next voices worth hearing. The authors argue that this slow, community-led approach reached people that standard methods miss.

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CREATORRobbin Frazier, Ashley Millenbah, Sheryl Fairbanks, Warren Wolfe, Zachary Baker
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE2 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10735659

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