The Doctor Never Listens: Older African American Men’s Perceptions of Patient–Provider Communication

Perceptions of support among older African American cancer survivors.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore the perceived social support needs among older adult African American cancer survivors. RESEARCH APPROACH Qualitative design using grounded theory techniques. SETTING Outpatient oncology clinics in the southeastern United States. PARTICIPANTS Focus groups with 22 older adult African American cancer survivors. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH Purposeful sampling techni...

Exploring Children's Perceptions of African American English

Teacher Perceptions of African-American Principal Leadership

Older African Americans' perceptions of pharmacists.

OBJECTIVE To describe older African Americans' communication with pharmacists and their opinions, beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes about the role of the community pharmacist. DESIGN We conducted six sex-specific focus groups for this qualitative study. SETTING Community-based senior-serving agency located in a predominantly African American neighborhood in San Francisco, California. PA...

Perceptions from latino and african american older adults about biological markers in research.

Although older adult minorities face disparities in health and health care, they continue to be underrepresented in health research. Studies with biological markers of health often lack representation of older minority adults. The purpose of this study was to describe perceptions of biomarkers among ethnic minority seniors who might participate in studies of biological markers of health and to ...