Using popular education for community empowerment: Perspectives of Community Health Workers in the Poder es Salud/Power for Health program

Critical Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-22

  Wiggins, Noelle ^a   Johnson, Denise ^b   Avila, María ^c   Farquhar, Stephanie A ^d   Michael, Yvonne L ^e   Rios, Teresa ^a   Lopez, Alicia ^f  

^a MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b CareOregon   (United States)

^c Providence Health and Services   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Community; Empowerment; Health inequalities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650645853     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590802375855     Document Type: Article

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