Research Expectations among African American Church Leaders in the PRAISE! Project: A Randomized Trial Guided by Community-Based Participatory Research

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1720-1727

  Ammerman, Alice ^a   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^b   St George, Diane Marie M ^c   Washington, Chanetta ^d   Weathers, Beneta ^e   Jackson Christian, Bethany ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLERGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLERGY; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0642314512     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1720     Document Type: Article

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