Involving older people in community-based research: Developing a guiding framework for researchers and community organisations

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-45

  Warburton, Jeni ^a,d   Bartlett, Helen ^a,e   Carroll, Matthew ^b,c   Kendig, Hal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Consumer participation; Guideline; Research design; Researcher subject relations

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AGED; AGING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 60849129110     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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