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16960320

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Urban American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) are highly mobile, and little is known about ways to include them in research or clinical activities. We evaluated postal mailings as a means of reaching patients seen at an urban Indian health care facility (60% of whom were AI/AN) and identified factors associated with receipt of mail. As part of a clinical trial, a Native art calendar was sent via first class mail to 5,633 clients seen at the urban Indian clinic during the prior two years. A multi-step address verification process was conducted, including telephone contacts, Web searches, and in-person visits. Logistic regressions examined the association of client characteristics with accurate addresses. Based on initial mailings and in-person location efforts, we estimated that only 61% of clients actually received the calendars. The multi-step address verification process was significantly less likely to identify working addresses for clients who were AI/AN and clients who were seen more than 3 months before the study. Reaching urban AI/ANs for research activities and health care is difficult. Innovative strategies are needed to locate this highly mobile and understudied population.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1049-2089
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
522-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Using mail to reach patients seen at an urban health care facility.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural