Improved access to women's health services for Alaska natives through Community Health Aide training

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-323

  Sox, Carol Hill ^a   Dietrich, Allen J ^a   Goldman, Deborah C ^b   Provost, Ellen M ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TELEPHONE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; BREAST DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0032839090     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018798406751     Document Type: Article

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