Improving asthma research in an inner-City Latino neighborhood with community health workers

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 891-895

  Martin, Molly ^a   Hernández, Olivia ^b   Naureckas, Edward ^c   Lantos, John ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Centro Comunitario Juan Diego   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Asthma; Community health workers; Community based participatory research; Latino health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PATIENT CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 30344434012     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900500371443     Document Type: Article

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