A successful, preventive-oriented village health worker program in hebron, the west bank, 1985-1996

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 57-67

  Tulchinsky, Theodore ^a,b   Al Zeer, Abdul Majid ^c   Mounshar, Jawad Abu ^d   Subeih, Tagreed ^a   Schoenbaum, Michael ^e   Roth, Marcia ^f   Gamulka, Beth ^g   Abenueze, Michael ^b   Acker, Cilla ^a  

^a State University of New York ^*

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Hebron Public Health Office   (United States)

^d Hebron Public Health Department   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f State of North Carolina   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Israel; Prevention; Primary health care; Village health workers; West Bank

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0031174088     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-199707000-00011     Document Type: Article

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