The community health worker cultural mentoring project: Preparing professional students for team work with health workers from urban communities

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Sherwen, Laurie N ^a   Schwolsky Fitch, Elena ^b   Rodriquez, Romelia ^b   Horta, Greg ^b   Lopez, Ivanna ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Community Health Worker Network of New York City ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OCCUPATION; PATIENT CARE; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; MENTORS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77249156727     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: 1945404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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