Tailoring lay health worker interventions for diverse cultures: Lessons learned from Vietnamese and Latina communities

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 105-122

  Bird, Joyce Adair ^a,d   Otero Sabogal, Regina ^b   Ha, Ngoc The ^c   McPhee, Stephen J ^b  

^a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c San Francisco Department of Health   (United States)

^d Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project   (United States)

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EID: 0000524371     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019584029602300608     Document Type: Article

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