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Health Education Research Advance Access published online on October 29, 2009
Health Education Research, doi:10.1093/her/cyp057
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Participation rates and representativeness of African Americans recruited to a health promotion program

Chanita Hughes Halbert1,*, Shiriki Kumanyika2, Marjorie Bowman3, Scarlett L. Bellamy2, Vanessa Briggs4, Stacey Brown2, Brenda Bryant5, Ernestine Delmoor6, Joseph C. Johnson7, Joseph Purnell8, Rodney Rogers9 and Benita Weathers5

1 Center for Community-Based Research and Health Disparities, Department of Psychiatry and Abramson Cancer Center
2 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
3 Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA
4 Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
5 Center for Community-Based Research and Health Disparities, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
6 Philadelphia Chapter, National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer, Philadelphia, PA 19143, USA
7 Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
8 Southwest Action Coalition, Philadelphia, PA 19143, USA
9 Christ of Calvary Community Development Corporation, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Correspondence to: * C. H. Halbert. E-mail: chanita{at}mail.med.upenn.edu

When using community-based participatory methods to develop health promotion programs for specific communities, it is important to determine if participation differs based on sociodemographics and the extent to which program participants are demographically representative of the target community, especially when non-random recruitment methods are used. We evaluated rates of participating in a health promotion program among African American residents in an urban community and determined if program participants were representative of community residents in terms of sociodemographic factors. While participation in the program was modest, participation did not differ based on psychological factors or body mass index. However, individuals who were unemployed were significantly more likely to participate in the program compared with those who were employed. Our sample included a greater proportion of individuals who only had a high school education compared with community residents but was similar to community residents in terms of gender, marital status and employment.

Received on April 7, 2009; accepted on September 18, 2009


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