Research partnership with underserved African-American communities to improve the health of older persons with disability: A pilot qualitative study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-118

  Di Bari, Mauro ^a,b,f   Suggs, Patricia K ^b   Holmes, Latonia P ^c   Farmer, Deborah F ^b   Williams, Sharon W ^d   Pahor, Marco ^c   Jackson, Sharon A ^e  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community; Ethnic minorities research partnership

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249029622     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324676     Document Type: Article

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