Identify 4 ways to overcome the challenges in gaining access to a minority population.

What will be an ideal response?


There are several ways to overcome the difficulty in gaining access to minority communities, including: gaining the sponsorship of a respected and well known ethnic agency; explaining the purpose of the research and stating the goals and how these goals align and compare with the aspirations of the people in the study; describing fully how the information will be used; conducting evaluation activities in comfortable and safe locations; enlisting community members to serve as advisory board members; and training indigenous personnel to serve as interviewers or in some other capacity.

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