Community-based participatory research approach to address healthcare disparities confronting members of the Black Diaspora with Parkinson's disease.

Parkinsonism Relat Disord

Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th St., New York, NY, 10027, United States; Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Physical Therapy), Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Harkness Pavilion Suite 199, 180 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY, 10032, United States. Electronic address:

Published: February 2024

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