A systematic review of barriers and facilitators to participation in randomized controlled trials by Indigenous people from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-31

  Glover, Marewa ^a   Kira, Anette ^a   Johnston, Vanessa ^b   Walker, Natalie ^a   Thomas, David ^b   Chang, Anne B ^b   Bullen, Chris ^a   Segan, C J ^c   Brown, Ngiare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

minorities; research methods; tobacco; vulnerable people

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRAWING; EMBASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MEDLINE; MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SCOPUS; STAFF; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; AMERICAN INDIAN; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DATA BASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INUIT; MINORITY HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TRUST;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MINORITY HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938885847     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975914528961     Document Type: Article

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