Effective recruitment and retention strategies for older members of rural minorities

Diabetes Educator

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1045-1052

  Burns, Dorothy ^a,b   Soward, April C M ^b   Skelly, Anne H ^b   Leeman, Jennifer ^b   Carlson, John ^b  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TRUST;

EID: 57649217273     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721708325764     Document Type: Article

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