![]() ![]() ![]() Introduction: Innovative and culturally sensitive strategies are needed to promote research participation among minorities and develop targeted interventions aimed at decreasing health disparities. Personal assistance can also be offered in the form of direct advocacy, tangible aid, and counseling (Brown et al., 2000 Browner & Preloran, 2006 Larkey et al., 2002), an approach that is likely to be more effective than simply providing a list of referrals and is consistent with advocacy approaches used by community-based intimate partner violence researchers in the past (Sullivan, 2003 Sullivan & Bybee, 1999). ![]() Monetary or gift incentives may also encourage participation and serve as a sign of appreciation, although care should be taken to offer incentives that do not require undocumented immigrants to reveal their identity (Brown et al., 2000 Umana-Taylor & Bamaca, 2004). Suggestions for enabling participation by low-income Latinas, in particular, include the provision of services such as childcare and transportation which may be essential for women who have little time or resources for participating in research (Larkey et al., 2002 Lee et al., 1997 Madriz, 1998 Ramos-Lira et al., 1999 Umana-Taylor & Bamaca, 2004). ![]()
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