African-American community attitudes and perceptions toward schizophrenia and medical research: An exploratory study

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-27

  Hamilton, Lynnae A ^a   Aliyu, Muktar H ^b   Lyons, Paul D ^c,d   May, Roberta ^c   Swanson Jr , Charlie L ^c   Savage, Robert ^c   Go, Rodney C P ^b  

^a FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Attitudes; Focus groups; Research; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 30444447927     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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