TY - JOUR
T1 - Engaging, recruiting, and retaining black men who have sexwith men in research studies
T2 - Don't underestimate the importance of staffing-lessons learned from HPTN 061, the BROTHERS study
AU - HPTN 061 Study Group
AU - Magnus, Manya
AU - Franks, Julie
AU - Griffith, Sam
AU - Arnold, Michael P.
AU - Goodman, Krista
AU - Wheeler, Darrell P.
AU - Mayer, Kenneth
AU - Perkins, Benjamin
AU - Powell, Kelvin
AU - Vega, Benny
AU - Greenberg, Alan E.
AU - Jordan, Jeanne
AU - Kuo, Irene
AU - Phillips, Gregory
AU - Watson, Christopher Chauncey
AU - Mannheimer, Sharon
AU - Loquere, Avelino
AU - Koblin, Beryl
AU - Van Tieu, Hong
AU - Buchbinder, Susan P.
AU - Campbell, Chadwick
AU - Sanchez, Mathew
AU - Shoptaw, Steven J.
AU - Hucks-Ortiz, Christopher
AU - Hamilton, Erica
AU - La Jones, Shawn
AU - King, Georgette
AU - Lucas, Jonathan Paul
AU - Nelson, Teresa
AU - Eshleman, Sue
AU - Cummings, Vanessa
AU - Wang, Lei
AU - Kelly, Corey
AU - Liu, Ting Yuan
AU - Bupp, Jane
AU - Elharrar, Vanessa
AU - Fields, Sheldon
AU - Noilmar, Kaijson
AU - Wakefield, Steven
AU - MacQueen, Kate
AU - Wilton, Leo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2014/12/8
Y1 - 2014/12/8
N2 - Context: HIV/AIDS in the United States continues to primarily impact men who have sex with men (MSM), with disproportionately high rates among black MSM.Conclusions: This study underscores the importance of staffing in implementing research with black MSM. Investigators should consider how staffing and organizational structures affect implementation during study design and when preparing to initiate study activities. Ongoing monitoring of community engagement can inform and improve methods for engagement and ensure cultural relevance while removing barriers for participation.Results: Several key themes emerged from the data, including the importance of inclusion of members of the community being studied as staff, institutional hiring practices that support inclusive staffing, cultivating a supportive working environment for study implementation, and ongoing relationships between research institutions and community.Design and Participants: This was a qualitative evaluation of study implementation within a multisite, prospective, observational study (HIV Prevention Trials Network 061, BROTHERS) that enrolled 1553 black MSM in 6 cities throughout the United States. Data collection for this evaluation included a written, structured survey collected from each of the sites describing site characteristics including staff and organizational structure, reviews of site standard operating procedures, and work plans; semistructured key informant interviews were conducted with site coordinators to characterize staffing, site-level factors facilitating or impeding effective community engagement, study recruitment, and retention. Data from completed surveys and site standard operating procedures were collated, and notes from key informant interviews were thematically coded for content by 2 independent reviewers.Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify factors that may influence engagement and retention of black MSM in HIV research.
AB - Context: HIV/AIDS in the United States continues to primarily impact men who have sex with men (MSM), with disproportionately high rates among black MSM.Conclusions: This study underscores the importance of staffing in implementing research with black MSM. Investigators should consider how staffing and organizational structures affect implementation during study design and when preparing to initiate study activities. Ongoing monitoring of community engagement can inform and improve methods for engagement and ensure cultural relevance while removing barriers for participation.Results: Several key themes emerged from the data, including the importance of inclusion of members of the community being studied as staff, institutional hiring practices that support inclusive staffing, cultivating a supportive working environment for study implementation, and ongoing relationships between research institutions and community.Design and Participants: This was a qualitative evaluation of study implementation within a multisite, prospective, observational study (HIV Prevention Trials Network 061, BROTHERS) that enrolled 1553 black MSM in 6 cities throughout the United States. Data collection for this evaluation included a written, structured survey collected from each of the sites describing site characteristics including staff and organizational structure, reviews of site standard operating procedures, and work plans; semistructured key informant interviews were conducted with site coordinators to characterize staffing, site-level factors facilitating or impeding effective community engagement, study recruitment, and retention. Data from completed surveys and site standard operating procedures were collated, and notes from key informant interviews were thematically coded for content by 2 independent reviewers.Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify factors that may influence engagement and retention of black MSM in HIV research.
KW - Black MSM
KW - Community
KW - HIV/AIDS prevention
KW - Recruitment
KW - Retention
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U2 - 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000025
DO - 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000025
M3 - Article
C2 - 24406940
AN - SCOPUS:84918796896
SN - 1078-4659
VL - 20
SP - E1-E9
JO - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
JF - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
IS - 6
ER -
