Overcoming recruitment barriers through meaningful community engagement: lessons learned from a maternal-child food insecurity assessment in underserved communities
Barriers to participant recruitment emerged across families, service, and community levels, highlighting the systemic challenges to research participation within underserved populations. The successful use of practical engagement strategies leveraged the connection with trusted community organizations and individuals, securing the successful completion of the maternal-child food insecurity needs assessment.
Authors
- Jyoti Desai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8868-9318)
- Jason D. Flatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1244-738X)
- Kristen N. Herlosky
- Timothy J. Grigsby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9416-4502)
- Gabriela Buccini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6008-0987)
- Ana A. Baumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4523-0147)
- Alison Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3998-7212)
- Cristina Hernández
- Dodds Simangan
- Juanita J. Chinn
- Luis Sánchez Guillén
- Shannon Rabb
Institutions
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- HealthCare Partners Medical Group (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1636578
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82
Funders
- National Institutes of Health