" We don't want to talk about that" : Overcoming barriers to rural aging research and interventions on sensitive topics

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-405

  Zanjani, Faika ^a,b   Rowles, Graham D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NIH BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health)   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Community health; Community participatory action research; Gerontology; Intervention; Mental health; Rural aging; Sensitive issues

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; AGING POPULATION; CULTURAL CHANGE; HEALTH CARE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MENTAL HEALTH; RESEARCH; RURAL SOCIETY;

APPALACHIANS; KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880509422     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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