Concepts of race and ethnicity among health researchers: Patterns and implications

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-225

  Baer, Roberta D ^a   Arteaga, Erika ^b   Dyer, Karen ^a   Eden, Aimee ^a   Gross, Rosalyn ^c   Helmy, Hannah ^a   Karnyski, Margaret ^d   Papadopoulos, Airia ^a   Reeser, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Indígenas y Negras Del Ecuador ^*  (Ecuador)

^c FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d San Diego Mesa College   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health researchers; Qualitative research; Race

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; RESEARCH WORK; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876154008     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.713091     Document Type: Article

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