The Promise of Mixed-Methods for Advancing Latino Health Research

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 267-282

  Apesoa Varano, Ester Carolina ^a   Hinton, Ladson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Case examples; Dementia; Depression; Interventions; Latino health research; Men's health; Mixed methods; Observational

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883804584     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-013-9209-2     Document Type: Article

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