People improving the community's health: Community health workers as agents of change

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 16-25

  Mack, Melany ^a   Uken, Ron ^a   Powers, Jane ^b  

^a Ingham County Health Department   (United States)

^b Public Sector Consultants Inc

Author keywords

Community health workers; Community improvement; Health access

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33644784781     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0009     Document Type: Article

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