Accepted for/Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Date Submitted: Jul 30, 2020
Date Accepted: Dec 11, 2020
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Motivation to Participate in Precision Health Research and Acceptability of Texting as a Recruitment and Intervention Strategy among Vietnamese Americans: A Qualitative Study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Despite the growing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) population and the ongoing Precision Medicine Initiative, research participation from AAPI, including Vietnamese Americans and persons with limited English proficiency (LEP), in precision health research is limited.
Objective:
To examine the attitudes and perceptions of precision health, motivations and barriers to participate in precision health research, and acceptability of texting as a recruitment and intervention strategy among underserved Vietnamese Americans.
Methods:
A community sample of 37 Vietnamese Americans of different age groups (18-30; 31-59, and ≥60 years old) participated in a survey and focus groups on topics related to precision health, participation in precision health research, texting or social media use experience, and insights on how to use text messages for recruitment and intervention.
Results:
Most participants had little knowledge of precision health initially, after a brief education they had positive attitudes towards precision health, though the motivation to participate in precision health research varied by their age and prior experience of research participation. The motivators to participate included the desire for more knowledge and more representation of Vietnamese Americans in research. The barriers to participation included credibility of research and long-term benefits in the Vietnamese American community. Participants were open to receiving text messages as part of the research participation and provided specific suggestions on design and delivery of such messages (e.g., simple; in both English and Vietnamese).
Conclusions:
This study represents one of the first formative research to recruit underserved Vietnamese Americans to precision health research. It is critical to understand target communities’ motivation and barriers to participate in research. Delivering culturally appropriate text messages via age-appropriate texting and social media platforms may be an effective recruitment and intervention strategy. The next step is to develop and examine the feasibility of culturally-tailored precision health texting strategy with Vietnamese Americans.
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