Increasing the delivery of health care services to migrant farm worker families through a community partnership model

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-360

  Connor, Ann ^a   Rainer, Laura P ^b   Simcox, Jordan B ^c   Thomisee, Karen ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness   (United States)

^c Eagles Landing Family Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Community partnership; Migrant children; Migrant farm worker families; Migrant farm workers; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249884526     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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