Challenges in recruiting South Asians into prevention trials: Health professional and community recruiters' perceptions on the PODOSA trial

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 201-209

  Samsudeen, B S ^a   Douglas, A ^a   Bhopal, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic minority groups; Preventive interventions; Recruitment; Trials

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH WORKER; OBESITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT);

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTION STUDY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH ASIA;

ASIA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 79954990967     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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