Studying physician-adolescent patient communication in community-based practices: Recruitment challenges and solutions

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Bodner, Michael E ^a,b   Bilheimer, Alicia ^b   Gao, Xiaomei ^b   Lyna, Pauline ^b   Alexander, Stewart C ^c   Dolor, Rowena J ^d   Østbye, Truls ^d,e   Bravender, Terrill ^f   Tulsky, James A ^b,d   Graves, Sidney ^b   Irons, Alexis ^b   Pollak, Kathryn I ^b,d  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; obesity; physicians; primary care; recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 85029377646     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: 21910278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2015-0064     Document Type: Article

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