Stirring up the mud: using a community-based participatory approach to address health disparities through a faith-based initiative

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1111-1123

  Kaplan, Sue A ^a,b   Ruddock, Charmaine ^c   Golub, Maxine ^d,e   Davis, Joyce ^d   Foley, Robert ^d,f   Devia, Carlos ^d,g   Rosen, Rosa ^d   Berry, Carolyn ^a,h   Barretto, Brenda ^d   Carter, Toni ⁱ   Irish Spencer, Evalina ^j   Marchena, Maria ^d   Purcaro, Ellenrita ^k   Calman, Neil ^l  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bronx Health REACH/New York   (United States)

^d Bronx Health REACH/CEED ^*

^e Institute for Family Health Planning and Development

^f Bronx Health REACH ^*  (United States)

^g Institute's National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparity (NCMHD)

^h Center for Health Care Strategies Inc   (United States)

ⁱ Patient Services at ElderServe

^j Mathematics Specialist Cornell University   (United States)

^k Initiative to Eliminate Racial Disparities in Health   (United Kingdom)

^l Institute for Family Health   (United States)

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Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Faith based initiatives; Health disparities; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW YORK CITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 74349113494     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0221     Document Type: Article

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