Building on the Strengths of a Cambodian Refugee Community Through Community-Based Outreach

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-425

  Grigg Saito, Dorcas ^a   Och, Sheila ^a   Liang, Sidney ^b   Toof, Robin ^c   Silka, Linda ^c  

^a Lowell Community Health Center   (United States)

^b Cambodian Community Health 2010 program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambodians; cardiovascular disease and diabetes disparities; community based outreach; culturally specific; refugee and immigrant populations; strengths based approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAMBODIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSUMER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REFUGEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAMBODIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFUGEES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849109094     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906292176     Document Type: Article

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