Changing women: The narrative construction of personal change through community health work among women in Mexico

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-42

  Ramirez Valles, Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN;

EID: 0033069484     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819902600104     Document Type: Article

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