Community health workers: Examining the helper therapy principle

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-95

  Roman, Lee Anne ^a,b,d   Lindsay, Judith K ^b   Moore, Joseph S ^b   Shoemaker, Allen L ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Spectrum Health   (United States)

^c CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; WORK;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0033109307     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.1999.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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