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Titolo: |
Recruitment and retention in minority populations [[electronic resource] ] : lessons learned in conducting research on health promotion and minority aging / / Sue E. Levkoff ... [et al.], editors
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Springer Pub., 2000 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (113 p.) |
Disciplina: | 618.97/0089/00973 |
Soggetto topico: | Minority older people - Health and hygiene - Research - United States |
Minorities - Health and hygiene - Research - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
LevkoffSue
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Overview; A National Program to Enhance Research on Minority Aging and Health Promotion; Commentaries; Promoting Minority Health Research at the National Institutes of Health; Recruiting Older Women and Minority Members Into Clinical Trials: An Important Goal for Researchers; Contributions of Behavioral and Social Research to Recruitment and Retention of Minority Populations: A Commentary; Special Articles; The Matching Model of Recruitment; Recruiting African Americans for Health Studies: Lessons From the Drew-RAND Center on Health and Aging |
Recruitment of Older African Americans Into Church-Based Exercise Programs Predicting Retention for Older African Americans in a Community Study and a Clinical Study: Does Anything Work?; Health Promotion Research With Mexican American Elders: Matching Approaches to Settings at the Mediator-and Micro-Levels of Recruitment; Minority Populations and Psycho-physiologic Research: Challenges in Trust Building and Recruitment; The Power of Labels: Recruiting Dementia-Affected Chinese American Elders and Their Caregivers | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Despite projections of significant growth in older minority populations, researchers have little more than surface-level appreciation of how cultural factors will shape mental and physical health outcomes. This volume is part of a new wave of studies designed to address the issue of recruiting and retaining minority elders for participation in research studies. The authors highlight the strengths and weaknesses of a wide array of research designs, ranging from small, in-depth qualitative studies to randomized, controlled behavioral interventions. Several chapters focus on successes with Africa |
Titolo autorizzato: | Recruitment and retention in minority populations ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-281-80625-0 |
9786611806255 | |
0-8261-1659-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910454195903321 |
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