Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials: Best Practices. Health Disparities Symposium

摘要

The Office of Special Populations and Research Training (OSPRT) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), hosted the health disparities symposium titled Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials: Best Practices, at the Bethesda Marriott Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday, October 2, 2003. The symposium attracted approximately 150 attendees, representing a broad spectrum of disciplines in clinical trials research and practice. The purpose of the symposium was to bring together clinical researchers, community physicians, nurse coordinators, community advisory board members, and other health care professionals with an interest in increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of participants in clinical trials. The symposium explored culturally appropriate methodologies in the outreach, recruitment, and retention of racial and ethnic minority participants in clinical trials.