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Table 2 Intervention scope and sequence

From: Recruitment of racial and ethnic minorities to clinical trials conducted within specialty clinics: an intervention mapping approach

Module

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

Module 4

Module 5

Month

1

2

3

4

5

Delivery

method

In person

Webinar

Webinar

Webinar

Webinar

Title

Kick-off

meeting

Working with referring Physicians

CQI: developing a

minority recruitment plan

Communicating with

participants

Participant navigation

(coordinators only)

Content

Presentation: a brief overview of the

RECRUIT interventiona

Discussion: disparities in

morbidity/mortality of diseasea

Presentation: importance of minority

recruitment: the NIH and FDA

perspective

Presentation: importance of minority

participation: biologic aspectsa

Discussion: differences in treatment

outcomes for minorities

Presentation: what we know and do not know about minority recruitment

Presentation: importance of trust and

relationship building in recruiting minority patients

Presentation: introduction to continuous quality improvement (CQI) for minority recruitment

Activity: flowchart of current

recruitment process

Activity: fishbone diagram of low

referrals from minority serving physicians

Activity: CQI updates and potential physician referral sources by site

representative

(SI or coordinator)

Presentation: barriers to

referrals and physician-centered communication

Video and discussion:

Physician-to-physician communication video

Activity: site

representative

(SI or coordinator)

present their fishbone diagram

Activity: site

representative

(SI or coordinator) share their site’s CQI minority recruitment plan

Activity: site

representative

(SI or coordinator)

discusses CQI update

Presentation: recap on communicating with minority-serving physicians

Presentation: patient-centered communication

Video and discussion:

patient communication

Video and discussion:

Participant’s fear of

experimentation (“guinea pig”)

Activity: Coordinators

discuss CQI updates

Discussion: take-home activity on communication styles

Presentation: how can

coordinators become

recruitment navigators?

Video and discussion:

participant navigation

Discussion: what is

currently done at your site and what could be added to help patients overcome structural barriers to

recruitment

Take home

activity

Schedule a meeting with the rest of the trial team and review material from the meeting

Revise fishbone if needed

Finding your patients worksheet

CQI minority recruitment plan worksheet

Review map of minority-dense areas within their communities to identify minority-serving physicians

Revise minority recruitment plan

SIs to make personal contact with at least two potential referring minority-serving physicians

Revise and implement your minority recruitment plan

Develop Q&A sheet for

potential participants about enrolling in the trial

Continue to implement and revise your minority recruitment plan

Coordinators: communications style assessment (optional)

Navigation resources

worksheet

  1. NIH National Institutes of Health, FDA Food and Drug Agency, SI specialist investigator, Q&A question and answer
  2. aContent can be customized to the condition under study by the clinical trial