Recruitment best practices of a cardiovascular risk reduction randomised control trial in rural Alaska Native communities

• Main Authors: Knox, Mariah, Skan, Jordan, Benowitz, Neal L, Schnellbaecher, Matthew, Prochaska, Judith J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2020
• Subjects: Health Services and Systems; Biomedical and Clinical Sciences; Clinical Sciences; Health Sciences; American Indian or Alaska Native; Cardiovascular; Rural Health; Tobacco Smoke and Health; Prevention; Tobacco; Clinical Research; Arctic; Behavioral and Social Science; Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities; Good Health and Well Being; Adult; Aged; 80 and over; Alaskan Natives; Arctic Regions; Cardiovascular Diseases; Female; Heart Disease Risk Factors; Humans; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Male; Middle Aged; Personnel Selection; Research Design; Rural Population; Seasons; Tobacco Use; Transportation; Young Adult; Recruitment strategies; rural; Alaska Native; cardiovascular health; Public Health; Indian; Norton Sound; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Alaska
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/82q7p911

Though not native to Alaska, tobacco use is common among Alaska Native people in the Norton Sound region, an area consisting of 16 communities with population size 107 to 3,695. We summarise best practices in recruiting Alaska Native adults who smoke for a randomised controlled tobacco treatment tri...