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Research in the community recruitimg and retaining practices

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Medical investigators increasingly attempt to demonstrate the effectiveness of treatments given in routine practice settings as well as in research settings. We identified and describe several key issues in practice-based research: identifying the appropriate population; drawing the sample; recruitment of physicians and patients; maintenance of the physician-researcher relationship; and data management. Three on-going practice-based projects are described from the perspective of these key issues. Two are practice-based randomized trials, one is a large cohort study. Common characteristics are identified which contributed to the success of the three projects: direct recruitment of clinicians by clinicians; close liaison with local medical organizations; on-going personal contact with the practices; and recognition of the value of the practicing physician's time.

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  1. School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

    Timothy S. Carey MD, MPH (Associate Professor, Chief, Research Fellow), Linda Kinsinger MD, MPH (Clinical Assistant Professor), Thomas Keyserling MD MPH (Assistant Professor) & Russell Harris MD, MPH (Assistant Professor, Director)

  2. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, UNC Hospitals, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

    Timothy S. Carey MD, MPH (Associate Professor, Chief, Research Fellow)

  3. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7590, 27599-7590, Chapel Hill, NC

    Timothy S. Carey MD, MPH (Associate Professor, Chief, Research Fellow)

  4. Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    Russell Harris MD, MPH (Assistant Professor, Director)

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Supported in part by AHCPR Grant #HS06664, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Grant #HL44157, and National Cancer Institute Grant #CA54343.

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Carey, T.S., Kinsinger, L., Keyserling, T. et al. Research in the community recruitimg and retaining practices. J Community Health 21, 315–327 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702785

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