Publication of recruitment methods in focus group research of minority populations with chronic disease: A systematic review

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-23

  Ndumele, Chima D ^a,b   Ableman, Genna ^b   Russell, Beverly E ^c   Gurrola, Edith ^b   Hicks, Le Roi S ^b,d,e,f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Women's Hospital   (United States)

^c Center for Community Health Education Research   (United States)

^d Center for Community Health Education Research and Service Inc   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Chronic disease; Focus groups; Hispanic; Latino; Patient recruitment

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEAFNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951630008     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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