Effective recruitment and retention of minority research participants

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-28

  Yancey, Antronette K ^a,b   Ortega, Alexander N ^a   Kumanyika, Shiriki K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; American Indian Native American; Ethnic; Latino Hispanic; Race; Racial; Research; Subjects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REVIEW;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645814035     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.27.021405.102113     Document Type: Review

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