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Diversity in health care research : strategies for multisite, multidisciplinary, and multicultural projects / Joellen W. Hawkins, Lois A. Haggerty, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Springer Pub., ©2003.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 243 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826118158
  • 0826118151
  • 1281806889
  • 9781281806888
  • 9780826118141
  • 0826118143
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Diversity in health care research.DDC classification:
  • 362.1/07/2 22
LOC classification:
  • R850 .D585 2003eb
NLM classification:
  • 2003 L-258
  • W 20.5
Online resources:
Contents:
Ch. 1. Managing multisite, multidisciplinary, and multiethnic research projects -- Ch. 2. Obtaining funding -- Ch. 3. Facilitating passage through the institutional maze -- Ch. 4. Utilizing research assistants -- Ch. 5. Special considerations for multicenter research -- Ch. 6. Managing the multisite team -- Ch. 7. International multisite studies -- Ch. 8. The birthweight study: challenges of a multisite, multicultural collaborative research endeavor -- Ch. 9. Testing the efficacy of an intervention directed toward family caregivers of cancer patients: The Family Care Research Program -- Ch. 10. The Women's Health Initiative: aspects of management and coordination -- Ch. 11. The Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Consortium: collaborations and partnerships.
Summary: The gold standard in health care research is conducting studies that are truly representative of the general population - and not limited to a narrow range of cultural, gender, geographic, or socioeconomic groups. This book provides a how-to approach to planning, implementing, and conducting such studies. Especially valuable are case examples describing successful research projects that have taken on the "multi" approach.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Managing multisite, multidisciplinary, and multiethnic research projects -- Ch. 2. Obtaining funding -- Ch. 3. Facilitating passage through the institutional maze -- Ch. 4. Utilizing research assistants -- Ch. 5. Special considerations for multicenter research -- Ch. 6. Managing the multisite team -- Ch. 7. International multisite studies -- Ch. 8. The birthweight study: challenges of a multisite, multicultural collaborative research endeavor -- Ch. 9. Testing the efficacy of an intervention directed toward family caregivers of cancer patients: The Family Care Research Program -- Ch. 10. The Women's Health Initiative: aspects of management and coordination -- Ch. 11. The Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Consortium: collaborations and partnerships.

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The gold standard in health care research is conducting studies that are truly representative of the general population - and not limited to a narrow range of cultural, gender, geographic, or socioeconomic groups. This book provides a how-to approach to planning, implementing, and conducting such studies. Especially valuable are case examples describing successful research projects that have taken on the "multi" approach.

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