Table 3.
Differences in screening, eligibility, and enrollment ratesa by recruitment strategies and racial/ethnic groupsb.
| Recruitment Strategies | African American N (%) |
Hispanic/Latino N (%) |
White N (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screening | ||||
| All | N=397 | N=329 | N=96 | |
| Proactive Recruitment | 23 (63.9) | 6 (16.7) | 7 (19.4) | 0.0005 |
| Reactive Recruitment | ||||
| Word-of-Mouth | 194 (70.3) | 63 (22.8) | 19 (6.9) | <0.0001 |
| Newspaper | 23 (21.5) | 56 (52.3) | 28 (26.2) | 0.0001 |
| Flyer | 100 (42.2) | 118 (49.8) | 19 (8.0) | <0.0001 |
| Community Partner | 25 (53.2) | 17 (36.2) | 5 (10.6) | 0.0016 |
| Online | 32 (28.6) | 64 (57.1) | 16 (14.3) | <0.0001 |
| Radio & Television | --- | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | --- |
| Eligibility | ||||
| All | N=203 | N=217 | N=67 | |
| Proactive Recruitment | 12 (75.0) | 2 (12.5) | 2 (12.5) | 0.0019 |
| Reactive Recruitment | ||||
| Word-of-Mouth | 102 (66.2) | 38 (24.7) | 14 (9.1) | <0.0001 |
| Newspaper | 10 (13.0) | 47 (61.0) | 20 (26.0) | <0.0001 |
| Flyer | 43 (34.4) | 69 (55.2) | 13 (10.4) | <0.0001 |
| Community Partner | 14 (53.8) | 8 (30.8) | 4 (15.4) | 0.0538 |
| Online | 22 (26.5) | 49 (59.0) | 12 (14.5) | <0.0001 |
| Radio & Television | --- | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | --- |
| Enrollment | ||||
| All | N=98 | N=73 | N=23 | |
| Proactive Recruitment | 9 (75.0) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (8.3) | .0086 |
| Reactive Recruitment | ||||
| Word-of-Mouth | 48 (73.9) | 10 (15.4) | 7 (10.8) | <0.0001 |
| Newspaper | 1 (4.8) | 15 (71.4) | 5 (23.8) | 0.0006 |
| Flyer | 26 (49.1) | 23 (43.4) | 4 (7.6) | 0.0003 |
| Community Partner | 8 (50.0) | 6 (37.5) | 2 (12.5) | 0.1737 |
| Online | 6 (24.0) | 15 (60.0) | 4 (16.0) | 0.0162 |
| Radio & Television | --- | 2 (100.0) | --- | --- |
Pairwise difference between racial/ethnic groups
We included in the analysis only those who were reached out using nontargeted strategies.
Participants who were enrolled by the Hispanic/Latino targeted recruitment strategies were excluded from this analysis (n=15).
Bolded values indicate statistically significant findings at p<.05.