Patient and Family Advisory Councils for Research

OBJECTIVE To describe strategies to recruit and support members from hard-to-reach groups on research-focused Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs). BACKGROUND Ensuring diverse representation of members of research PFACs is challenging, and few studies have given attention to addressing this problem. METHODS A qualitative study was conducted using 8 focus groups and 19 interviews with 80 PFAC members and leaders, hospital leaders, and...