Long-term development of a "whole community" best practice model to address health disparities in the cambodian refugee and immigrant community of Lowell, Massachusetts

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2026-2029

  Grigg Saito, Dorcas ^a   Liang, Sidney ^a   Sou, Linda ^a   Najarian, Lisa ^a   Peou, Sonith ^a   Och, Sheila ^a   Toof, Robin ^b   Silka, Linda ^b  

^a Lowell Community Health Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; REFUGEES;

EID: 77958197127     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.177030     Document Type: Article

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