Community Health Workers: Who They Are and What They Do

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 510-522

  Love, Mary Beth ^a   Gardner, Kristen ^b   Legion, Vicki ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031202758     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819702400409     Document Type: Article

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