Individual empowerment: How community health workers operationalize self-determination, self-sufficiency, and decision-making abilities of low-income mothers

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-342

  Becker, Julie ^a   Kovach, Andrea Crivelli ^b   Gronseth, Dickie Lynn ^c  

^a Public Health Consultants ^*

^b ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

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EID: 2442425131     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20000     Document Type: Article

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