Prepared For:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0018

Prepared by:

Johns Hopkins University Evidence-based Practice Center

The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Investigators

Jean G. Ford, M.D.

Mollie W. Howerton, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Shari Bolen, M.D., M.P.H.

Tiffany L. Gary, Ph.D.

Gabriel Y. Lai, M.H.S.

Jon Tilburt, M.D.

M. Chris Gibbons, M.D., M.P.H.

Charles Baffi, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Renee F. Wilson, M.S.

Carolyn J. Feuerstein, B.A.

Peter Tanpitukpongse, B.A.

Neil R. Powe, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.

Eric B. Bass, M.D., M.P.H.

AHRQ Publication No. 05-E019-2

June 2005

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AHRQ is the lead Federal agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ sponsors and conducts research that provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. The information helps health care decisionmakerspatients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakersmake more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.

This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for development of clinical practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or a basis for reimbursement and coverage policies. AHRQ or U.S. Department of Health and Human Services endorsement of such derivative products may not be stated or implied.

AHRQ is the lead Federal agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ sponsors and conducts research that provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. The information helps health care decisionmakerspatients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakersmake more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.

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Suggested Citation:

Ford JG, Howerton MW, Bolen S, Gary TL, Lai GY, Tilburt J, Gibbons MC, Baffi C, Wilson RF, Feuerstein CJ, Tanpitukpongse P, Powe NR, Bass EB. Knowledge and Access to Information on Recruitment of Underrepresented Populations to Cancer Clinical Trials. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 122 (Prepared by the Johns Hopkins University Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0018.) AHRQ Publication No. 05-E019-2. Rockville, MD. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2005.