Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
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To adequately address health disparities, underserved populations must be recruited for biomedical research. Particularly, Black women have been insufficiently included in biomedical research for reasons beyond those of participant preference. ⋯ The objective of this paper is to identify and describe innovative community-based strategies for successful recruitment of Black women in research. Three studies are referenced to exemplify recruitment methods and demonstrate promising recruitment results in sample size and screening-to-enrollment ratio.
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The obesity rate in Chicago has increased up to more than 30% in the last two decades. Obesity is a major problem in Chicago, where 36% of the city's high school students and 61% of adults in the metropolitan area are overweight or obese. Simultaneously, Chicago remains highly segregated by race-a phenomenon that begs for spatial analysis of health. ⋯ In Chicago, each additional convenience store in a community is associated with a 0.42% increase in the obesity rate. Fast food restaurant access is predictive of a greater obesity rate, and grocery store access is predictive of less obesity rate in a community with a higher percentage of African American population. Findings can be used to promote equitable access to food retail outlets, which may help reduce broader health inequities in Chicago.