What do people really know and think about clinical trials? A comparison of rural and urban communities in the south

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 642-651

  Friedman, Daniela B ^a   Bergeron, Caroline D ^a   Foster, Caroline ^a   Tanner, Andrea ^a   Kim, Sei Hill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Perceptions; Qualitative; Research participation; Rural populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880037273     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9659-z     Document Type: Article

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