Focus groups as an intervention for low-income African American smokers to promote participation in subsequent intervention studies

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-151

  Webb, Monica S ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Focus groups; Processes of change; Readiness to quit; Recruitment; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 42949112998     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20239     Document Type: Article

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