Chunk #15 — Results — Individual Barriers — Medically Challenged.—

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Recruitment and retention strategies for minority or poor clinical research participants: lessons from the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span study.

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We determined that the burden of participation outweighed the benefits of their participation for medically challenged individuals. We excluded potential participants at medical risk from this wave of the study. Medical risk was defined as having an acute medical or psychological condition that required urgent medical treatment. These individuals were referred to appropriate sources of health care.