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Recruiting Older African American Men to a Cancer Screening Trial (The AAMEN Project)

Correspondence: Address correspondence to Dr. Marvella E. Ford, Department of Medicine and Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center (152), 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030. E-mail: mford{at}bcm.tmc.edu

Purpose: This article describes the demographic characteristics of participants in a randomized trial (the AAMEN Project) designed to recruit older (aged 55+ years) African American men to a cancer screening trial. Design and Methods: The AAMEN Project is a recruitment trial developed for African American men aged 55+ years living in southeastern Michigan. Results: Of the 34,376 African American men in the study, 37.6% had low incomes and 62.4% had moderate-to-high incomes. The average age of the men was 63.3 years (SD = 5.9 years). Among men who were eligible and interested in participating, the proportion of men with low incomes was significantly greater than the proportion of men with moderate-to-high incomes (p <.001). Implications: The AAMEN Project demonstrated success in recruiting a substantial proportion of men with low incomes as well as men with moderate-to-high incomes. These findings may facilitate the development of future recruitment efforts involving older African American men.

Key Words: Recruitment • Cancer screening • African American men • Older adults

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