%0 Journal Article %@ 1438-8871 %I JMIR Publications %V 18 %N 6 %P e168 %T The Inclusion of African-American Study Participants in Web-Based Research Studies: Viewpoint %A Watson,Bekeela %A Robinson,Dana H.Z %A Harker,Laura %A Arriola,Kimberly R. Jacob %+ Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd., NE, Rm 525, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States, 1 404 594 1156, [email protected] %K Web-based interventions %K African-Americans %K social media %K Internet %K research techniques %D 2016 %7 22.06.2016 %9 Viewpoint %J J Med Internet Res %G English %X The use of Web-based methods for research recruitment and intervention delivery has greatly increased as Internet usage continues to grow. These Internet-based strategies allow for researchers to quickly reach more people. African-Americans are underrepresented in health research studies. Due to this, African-Americans get less benefit from important research that could address the disproportionate health outcomes they face. Web-based research studies are one promising way to engage more African-Americans and build trust with the African-American community. With African-Americans’ increasing access to the Internet using mobile phones and other mobile phone technologies, we advocate for efforts to increase the representation of African-Americans in research studies by using the Internet as a recruitment tool and conclude with recommendations that support this goal. %M 27334683 %R 10.2196/jmir.5486 %U http://www.jmir.org/2016/6/e168/ %U https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5486 %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27334683