Enhancing the role of community-health workers in research

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-226

  Hill, Martha N ^b,c   Bone, Lee R ^a,b   Butz, Arlene M ^b  

^a Med

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based interventions; Community health worker; Nursing research; Outreach worker; Paraprofessional

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WORK;

CAREER MOBILITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; NURSING RESEARCH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 0030236583     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1996.tb00355.x     Document Type: Article

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