A role for community health promoters in tuberculosis control in the state of Chiapas, Mexico

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-189

  Herce, Michael E ^a   Chapman, Jacob A ^b   Castro, Arachu ^a,c,d   García Salyano, Gabriel ^e   Khoshnood, Kaveh ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^e EAPSEC ^*  (Mexico)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiapas; Community health workers; Mexico; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULOSIS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950611298     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-009-9206-0     Document Type: Article

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