Strategies for recruiting middle Eastern-American young adults for physical activity research: A case of snowballs and Salaam

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 380-390

  Kahan, David ^a   Al Tamimi, Alia ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Americans; Recruitment methods; Snowball sampling; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAST; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDOMETRY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; AGE; ARAB; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ISLAM; MINORITY GROUP; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARABS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349311704     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9117-7     Document Type: Article

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