Abstract
Background
Latinos/Hispanics are among the populations at high risk of nutrition disparities.
Adequate participation of this group in community nutrition research is necessary
to better understand such disparities and propose sensible solutions.
Objective
To identify factors influencing participation and strategies to effectively reach
Latinos/Hispanics for community nutrition research.
Design
In-depth interviews with experienced community nutrition researchers across the United
States, conducted from February to June 2013.
Participants/setting
Nine academics, including four registered dietitian nutritionists with extensive experience
in community nutrition research with Latino/Hispanic groups, were interviewed in person
(n=3) or via telephone/Skype (n=6).
Main outcome measures
Perceived participation barriers, facilitators, and structural factors affecting Latino/Hispanic
participation were explored. Successful and unsuccessful recruitment strategies to
reaching this group were identified.
Analysis
A Grounded Theory approach was applied for inductive identification of relevant concepts
and deductive interpretation of patterns and relationships among themes.
Results
Formative work, cultural competency, and decisional balance emerged as the three interdependent
factors influencing participation of Latinos/Hispanics in community nutrition research.
Several approaches to influence participation were reported to be operationalized
at the interpersonal, community and settings, and systems levels of influence. Trust,
time, and tailoring were central concepts, postulated to moderate the relationship
between the main themes and influence the effectiveness of recruitment tactics.
Conclusions
Experienced community nutrition researchers identified actions ascribed to formative
work as the bedrock of successful reach of Latinos/Hispanics. A robust formative work
plan is necessary to achieving a functional level of trust, time, and tailoring tactics,
which appear to critically influence participation.
Keywords
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Biography
L. K. Diaz Rios is a cooperative extension nutrition specialist, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Merced; at the time of the study, she was a PhD student, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Biography
K. Chapman-Novakofski is a professor of nutrition, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 22, 2018
Accepted:
April 9,
2018
Received:
November 6,
2017
Footnotes
STATEMENT OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
FUNDING/SUPPORT This research was supported by a grant from the Christopher Family Foundation of the Family Resiliency Center's Food and Family Program and Experiment Station Funding at the University of Illinois.
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