Changes in Empowerment: Effects of Participation in a Lay Health Promotion Program

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 452-464

  Booker, Victoria K ^a   Robinson, June Grube ^a   Kay, Bonnie J ^c   Gutierrez Najera, Lourdes ^b   Stewart, Genevieve ^c  

^a Midwest Migrant Hlth Info Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARIZONA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0031201041     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819702400405     Document Type: Article

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