Increasing Ethnic Minority Participation in Substance Abuse Clinical Trials: Lessons Learned in the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Clinical Trials Network

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-356

  Burlew, Kathleen ^a   Larios, Sandra ^b   Suarez Morales, Lourdes ^c   Holmes, Beverly ^d   Venner, Kamilla ^e   Chavez, Roberta ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Southern Consortium Node   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Ethnic minorities; Recruitment; Research participation; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNITY; CONSENSUS; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE (U.S.); PATIENT SELECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82455185975     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025668     Document Type: Article

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