Hispanic community-based participatory research using a promotores de salud model

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-78

  Anders, Robert L ^a   Balcazar, Hector ^a   Paez, Leticia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Community health worker; Hispanics; Promotores

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEXICO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 33750288044     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/hhci.4.2.71     Document Type: Article

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