Revision of Recruitment Materials/Procedures |
Brochure pictured young AA women; lacked jargon; invitational, relevant |
X |
X |
Personal contact: recruiter photos & biosketch in newsletter |
X |
X |
AA recruiters used for AA recruitment |
X |
X |
Study Methods Designed to be Responsive to Needs of Younger AA women |
Eligibility criteria: Time since treatment completion expanded from 1 to 4 years, rather than 2–4 years |
|
X |
Timeline for participation decreased from 10 to 8 months. |
|
X |
Recruitment focused only on AA women starting 7-08 |
|
X |
Developed and sent to all participants a Community Resource Guide: County HCP resources for uninsured and under insured with guidelines for eligibility |
|
X |
Waiting list for women if wanted to delay study entry |
|
X |
NC Breast Cancer Resource Guide given to participants |
|
X |
Fitting Intervention to Participants’ Lives |
Intervention materials, data collection strategies and scheduled phone calls convenient for participants |
|
X |
Prepaid cell phones made available if participants had no phone (Used supplemental funding) |
|
X |
Community Groups and Organizations/Community Partnerships |
Contacted Breast Cancer support groups, especially those for African Americans and younger women: Save Our Sisters, Sisters’ Network |
X |
X |
Presentations about the study at workshops; block walks to disseminate information |
X |
X |
Community Partner: Project Connect |
X |
X |
Attended meetings; recruitment training for lay health advisors; newsletter information. Obtained supplemental funding for meals during training and gas cards for travel |
Community Partner: Crossworks |
X |
X |
Meeting presentations; trainings for community health advocates related to study information for dissemination; Supplemental funding obtained for meals during training and gas cards for travel |
Working with African American United Methodist Churches |
Black Methodists for Church Renewal-letters sent to Eastern United Methodist Bishops requesting study information be sent to local pastors |
X |
X |
Church supported cancer support groups; study information put in church bulletins |
X |
X |
General Advertising of Study |
Public service announcements—AA radio stations and AA newspapers |
X |
|
Brochures sent to nail salons |
X |
|
Posters, booths, gifts at AA church health fairs, community events, e.g., health fairs, street festivals, block walks, church events |
X |
|
Local minor league baseball game: booth, banner, softballs, study information |
X |
|
Mass e-mails to faculty and staff at universities in the area |
X |
|
Local United Methodist magazine—study information |
X |
|
Enhanced study website |
X |
|
Meetings, Conferences & Presentations |
UNC Lineberger Cancer Center conference: presentation & brochures |
X |
|
Lincoln Community Health Center Breast Health Day presentation about breast cancer; booth, & gifts for participants |
X |
|
Carolina Community Network (CCN): meeting with Project CONNECT, other community organizations & UNC faculty/staff |
X |
|
Retention Strategies |
Recruiters helped women plan ahead for study period |
|
X |
T1: Intervention materials delivered in person; data collectors reviewed and trained women in salivary cortisol selection |
|
X |
Intervention calls or control calls scheduled at subject’s convenience |
|
X |
Attentional control condition for control participants; intervention materials sent after study completion |
|
X |
T2, Ts & T3: Consistent data collection; ongoing contact, extra trips to pick up saliva samples |
|
X |
Financial incentives for completion of T2 & T3 data collections |
Flexibility of and personal contact with data collectors |
|
X |
Individual letters and retention gifts mailed every 2 months; birthday cards sent to all participants. |
|
X |