Culturally Competent Strategies for Recruitment and Retention of African American Populations into Clinical Trials

Clinical and Translational Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 460-466

  Otado, Jane ^a   Kwagyan, John ^a   Edwards, Diana ^a   Ukaegbu, Alice ^a   Rockcliffe, Faun ^a   Osafo, Nana ^a  

^a Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Clinical trials; Cultural competency; Minorities; Recruitment and retention strategies; Underrepresented minorities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPENSATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; TRUST; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT DROPOUT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946498139     PISSN: 17528054     EISSN: 17528062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cts.12285     Document Type: Article

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