Overcoming Barriers to Conducting an Intervention Study of Depression in an Older African American Population

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-369

  Shellman, Juliette ^a   Mokel, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; depression study; gerontology; Northeast; process evaluation; reminiscence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; TRUST;

EID: 77957074545     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659609360708     Document Type: Article

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