The changing role of village health volunteers in Northeast Thailand: An ethnographic field study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-255

  Kauffman, Karen S ^a   Myers, Donna Hicks ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community involvement; Northeastern Thailand; Primary health care; Village health volunteer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY WORKERS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FIELD REPORT; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND; URBANIZATION; WORK;

ASIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY WORKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FIELD REPORT; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; THAILAND; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0031203983     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(97)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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