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How to Accommodate Women With Mobility Limitations in Biological Studies
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How to Accommodate Women With Mobility Limitations in Biological Studies

Janiece L. Walker, Marlene Tovar, Tracie C. Harrison and Joel Wommack
Research and theory for nursing practice, Vol.29(2), pp.158-172
01/01/2015
DOI: 10.1891/1541-6577.29.2.158
PMCID: PMC6071420
PMID: 26062292
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/6071420View
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Abstract

People with disabilities should be routinely included in research studies if there is no specific reason for their exclusion. Regardless, they may be inadvertently excluded because of the procedures of the study. By conducting a community-based biological study with women aging with mobility limitations, these authors gained further understanding of their accommodation needs during research participation. The women aging with mobility limitations offered specific physical, cultural, or environmental needs that could have influenced the methods, procedures, and possible outcomes involved when conducting a biological study with this community living population. The authors and participants identified methodological challenges for women with mobility impairments within three key areas: recruitment procedures, laboratory procedures, and community-based data collection. The authors propose possible solutions to these identified challenges. It is our hope that this will begin a larger dialogue on how to routinely accommodate people with disabilities in biological research studies.
Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nursing Science & Technology

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