Use of focus groups to understand African-Americans' dietary practices: Implications for modifying a food frequency questionnaire

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 549-554

  Bovell Benjamin, Adelia C ^a   Dawkin, Norma ^a   Pace, Ralphenia D ^a   Shikany, James M ^b  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

"Soul Food"; African Americans; Dietary health questionnaire; Food frequency questionnaire; Food preferences; Fried green tomatoes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALABAMA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349213318     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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