Overall and minority-focused recruitment strategies in the PREMIER multicenter trial of lifestyle interventions for blood pressure control

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Kennedy, Betty M ^a   Kumanyika, Shiriki ^b   Ard, Jamy D ^c   Reams, Patrice ^d   Johnson, Cheryl A ^e   Karanja, Njeri ^e   Charleston, Jeanne B ^f   Appel, Lawrence J ^f   Maurice, Vallerie ^g   Harsha, David W ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural appropriateness; Mass distribution; Minority participants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; SCREENING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 73049091331     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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