Strategies for Increasing Participation of Ethnic Minorities in Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic Centers: A Multifaceted Approach in California | Zendy

Vicki R. Hart | Zendy; Dolores GallagherThompson | Zendy; Helen D. Davies | Zendy; Mariann DiMinno | Zendy; Phyllis J. Lessin | Zendy

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Strategies for Increasing Participation of Ethnic Minorities in Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic Centers: A Multifaceted Approach in California

Author(s) -

Vicki R. Hart,

Dolores GallagherThompson,

Helen D. Davies,

Mariann DiMinno,

Phyllis J. Lessin

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/36.2.259

Subject(s) - outreach , ethnic group , gerontology , variety (cybernetics) , representation (politics) , population , disease , state (computer science) , medicine , psychology , political science , environmental health , computer science , pathology , algorithm , artificial intelligence , politics , law

A unified, state-wide effort to increase outreach activities targeted to ethnic minority families with a demented relative is described. A variety of strategies are reported, along with data supporting the effectiveness of these outreach efforts. At present, it appears that the three major ethnic minority groups in the State of California (i.e., Hispanic, African American, and Asian) are utilizing the network of state diagnostic centers at a rate proportional to their representation in the population.

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