Abstract Body (Do not enter title and authors here): Background: Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) suffer disproportionately from cardiometabolic disorders and are underrepresented in related clinical trials, limiting our ability to control these disorders for this population. We identified recruitment and retention barriers (complicated clinical language) and facilitators (relationship-building opportunities). Addressing recruitment and retention barriers and facilitators can increase NHPI representation in clinical trials.
Goal: To develop culturally informed, educational videos and infographics to improve NHPI trust and attitudes toward research and recruitment and retention in clinical trials.
Methods: The videos and infographics are based on focus group data with NHPI past clinical trial participants or staff. The videos focus on recruitment. The infographics focus on recruitment and retention. The videos address the complicated clinical language and hesitancy in disclosing information while leveraging trial outcomes relevant to NHPI health concerns and cultural inclusiveness. The infographics build on the video content. Facilitators include relationship-building opportunities, seeking healthier outcomes for future generations, relationship-building opportunities, and sharing and learning opportunities provided in clinical trials.
Results: The Co-Principal Investigators, NHPI clinical trial participants, and NHPI researchers and clinicians contributed to the videos. We created a 5-minute and a 10-minute video. The videos provide 1) an overview of clinical research, 2) considerations for participating in clinical trials, and 3) reasons to participate. Researchers present the first 2 topics, while past participants provide testimonials for the third topic. The 8 infographics include 1) an overview of clinical research, 2) the importance of randomization, 3) research benefits from NHPI participation, 4) the importance of a control group, 5) clinical trial outcomes, 6) individual benefits from research participation, 7) community benefits from research participation, and 8) trust in research.
Discussion: We will test the impact of these materials on trust and attitudes towards research and recruitment and retention among NHPI in a randomized clinical trial (RCT). Half of the participants (n=104) will be recruited using traditional strategies and half (n=104) using our novel strategy. Rigorous qualitative (interviews with participants) and quantitative (retention rates) analysis will be conducted.