Lay Health Advisor Intervention Strategies: A Continuum from Natural Helping to Paraprofessional Helping

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 413-417

  Eng, Eugenia ^a,c   Parker, Edith ^a   Harlan, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031201129     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819702400402     Document Type: Article

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