Use of live theater to increase minority participation in Alzheimer disease research

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-111

  Fritsch, Thomas ^a,b,e   Adams, Kathryn Betts ^a,c   Redd, Darlyne ^a   Sias, Tony ^d   Herrup, Karl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cleveland Municipal School District   (United States)

^e University Memory and Aging Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Alzheimer disease; Recruitment and retention; Theater

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESEARCH SUBJECT; ROLE PLAYING;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRAMA; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 33748099863     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wad.0000213806.66811.ea     Document Type: Article

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