Promoting health, promoting women: The construction of female and professional identities in the discourse of community health workers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1749-1762

  Ramirez Valles, Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Feminist; Gender; Third world; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RIGHTS; IDENTITY; POVERTY; RELIGION; SEX ROLE;

CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ROLE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0031729529     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00246-9     Document Type: Article

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