On the front line of primary health care: The profile of community health workers in rural Quechua communities in Peru

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Brown, Angela ^a   Malca, Rosa ^a   Zumaran, Adriana ^a   Miranda, J Jaime ^a  

^a Health Unlimited's Quechua Community Health Project Writing Group   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; PERU; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33745481476     PISSN: 14784491     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-4-11     Document Type: Article

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