Abstract
Few rural minorities participate in HIV clinical trials. Mobile health units (MHUs) may be one strategy to increase participation.
We explored community perceptions of MHU acceptability to increase clinical trial participation for rural minorities living
with HIV/AIDS. We conducted 11 focus groups (service providers and community leaders) and 35 interviews (people living with
HIV/AIDS). Responses were analyzed using constant comparative and content analysis techniques. Acceptable MHU use included
maintaining accessibility and confidentiality while establishing credibility, community ownership and control. Under these
conditions, MHUs can service rural locations and overcome geographic barriers to reaching major medical centers for clinical
trials.
We explored community perceptions of MHU acceptability to increase clinical trial participation for rural minorities living
with HIV/AIDS. We conducted 11 focus groups (service providers and community leaders) and 35 interviews (people living with
HIV/AIDS). Responses were analyzed using constant comparative and content analysis techniques. Acceptable MHU use included
maintaining accessibility and confidentiality while establishing credibility, community ownership and control. Under these
conditions, MHUs can service rural locations and overcome geographic barriers to reaching major medical centers for clinical
trials.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Brief Report
- Pages 1-7
- DOI 10.1007/s10461-012-0151-z
- Authors
- Malika Roman Isler, NC TraCS Institute—Community Engagement Core, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 160 N. Medical Drive, Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, 2nd Floor, CB #7064, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Margaret Shandor Miles, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Carrington Hall, CB #7460, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Bahby Banks, Program on Health Disparities, Cecil G.Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Giselle Corbie-Smith, NC TraCS Institute—Community Engagement Core, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 160 N. Medical Drive, Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, 2nd Floor, CB #7064, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Journal AIDS and Behavior
- Online ISSN 1573-3254
- Print ISSN 1090-7165