Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

History: Screening programs are an important part of helping people to take care of their health. Immigrant women do not always use screening programs but they also do not always join studies trying to figure out why this happens. Aims: This paper tests different ways to encourage Iranian immigrant women to take part in a screening program study. I invited a group of healthy women to take part in a survey. Study plan: I used different ways to get the women to take part in the study. I chose to advertise the study in cultural places in the community, on news programs and on social media. Participants and Locations: From September 2017 to February 2018, I contacted 550 women. Almost 450 questionnaires were handed out to interested women across different regions of Montreal. A total of 403 women filled out the surveys about screening programs. About 90% of women finished the survey. Results: Most of the women knew about the project from the TV, a phone App, and Facebook (50%). Forty percent knew from face-to-face sessions through gatherings. The smallest group of women saw the ad in the Iranian newspapers and on the community notice boards (10%). Summary: Using a variety of ways to enroll immigrant women in health studies. Face-to-face sessions are the best way among the traditional methods although this takes a lot of time and effort.