Involving rural, older African Americans and their female informal caregivers in research

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Chadiha, Letha A ^a   Morrow Howell, Nancy ^b   Proctor, Enola K ^b   Picot, Sandra J Fulton ^c   Gillespie, Danette C ^d   Pandey, Pramod ^e   Dey, Alicia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Ctrl Connecticut Reg Plan Agency   (United States)

^f School of Social Work ^*

Author keywords

African Americans; Elderly Blacks; Informal caregivers; Rare sampling; Rural

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE TEST; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SCREENING; TELEPHONE; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5444232416     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264304268147     Document Type: Review

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