By Soohyun Nam, Hae-Ra Han, Hee-Jung Song, Yongshin Song
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has continued to increase over the past decade, with ethnic minority populations suffering a disproportionate burden of the disease. 1 Even though recruitment of underserved ethnic minorities for diabetes research is important to improving the generalizability of study findings and ultimately to reducing health care disparities, the recruitment of ethnic minority groups for diabetes research continues to prove challenging.Korean Americans (KAs), one of the most underserved and understudied minority populations in the United States, have a notably greater prevalence of type 2 diabetes than their counterparts in Korea.2-5 Being predominantly first-generation immigrants, KAs … Read More