Overcoming Recruitment Challenges for Smoking Cessation Programs for American Indians

Daley, Christine

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Exhibit Hall (Kansas City Convention Center)

Dr. Christine Daley, PhD, MA, SM , Center for American Indian Community Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Dr. Charlotte McCloskey, PhD , Center for American Indian Community Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Dr. Sean Daley, PhD, MA , Anthropology, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS

T. Edward Smith, BA , Anthropology, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS

Dr. Won Choi, PhD, MPH , Preventive Medicine & Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:

Identify and describe the challenges to recruiting American Indian smokers into cessation programs.
Describe different options to increase recruitment of American Indian smokers into cessation programs.
Compare different approaches to increasing recruitment of American Indian smokers into cessation programs.

Cross Cutting Program Area(s): Cessation and Communications and Media

Audience: Anyone who currently or plans in the future to work with American Indians in the field of tobacco education or smoking cessation can benefit from attending this panel discussion.

Key Points: Recruitment of American Indians into smoking cessation programs, particularly when the program is a part of a research project, can be very challenging. Over the past seven years, we have identified ways to overcome the challenges and have successfully recruited over 500 participants into our smoking cessation program over the course of several studies. Our most successful recruitment method by far has been the use of one-half hour educational sessions with potential participants.

Educational Experience: The first presenter on the panel will describe the culturally-tailored smoking cessation program and the recruitment challenges that have been experienced by the research team over the past seven years. The second presenter will discuss ways that the team has addressed and overcome the challenges.

Benefits: Attendees will learn from the research team’s experience and mistakes and can apply tactics employed by the team in their own work.

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