Table 3 Strategies for enhancing recruitment of Māori
Trial process | Supporting indigenous self-determination | Making equal recruitment a priority |
|---|---|---|
Trial governance | - Experienced Māori researchers in trial governance and involved in every stage of trial design and conduct | - Explicit commitment to equal recruitment by Steering Committee from outset |
Trial staff | - Employment of Māori research nurses or research nurses with significant experience working with Māori | - Ensuring enough funding for research nurses to have extra time to undertake recruitment in a culturally appropriate manner |
Trial practices | - Targeting practices with high numbers of enrolled Māori | |
Screening of potential participants | - Over-sampling and broad search strategy to optimise recruitment of Māori onto the trial | |
- Longer recruitment duration | ||
Contact with participants | - Face-to-face contact (at location of participant’s choosing) | |
- Whakawhaungatanga | ||
- Development of trust and rapport (may require multiple visits) | ||
- Continuity of research nurse staff and relationship between nurse and participant | ||
- Family involvement before enrollment and on-going |