Promovisión: Designing a Capacity-Building Program to Strengthen and Expand the Role of Promotores in HIV Prevention

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 444-449

  Ramos, Rebeca L ^a   Hernandez, Apolonia ^a   Ferreira Pinto, João B ^b   Ortiz, Melchor ^c   Somerville, Gerlinda Gallegos ^d  

^a US Mexico Border Health Association   (United States)

^b Border Planning and Evaluation Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

capacity building; coalitions; HIV AIDS prevention; immigrants; Latinos; promotores

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751245827     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839905278868     Document Type: Article

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