Overcoming barriers to recruiting ethnic minorities to mental health research: A typology of recruitment strategies

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Waheed, Waquas ^a,b   Hughes Morley, Adwoa ^a,d   Woodham, Adrine ^a   Allen, Gill ^c   Bower, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASHIRE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; RELIGION; STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS;

EID: 84929337371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0484-z     Document Type: Article

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