Evaluation of Salud Para Su Corazón (Health for Your Heart) - National Council of La Raza promotora outreach program

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Balcázar, Héctor ^a   Alvarado, Matilde ^b   Hollen, Mary Luna ^c   Gonzalez Cruz, Yanira ^d   Pedregón, Verónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d National Hispanic Council on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747391246     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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