Refuah shlema: A cross-cultural programme for promoting communication and health among ethiopian immigrants in the primary health care setting in Israel evidence and lessons learned from over a decade of implementation

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-54

  Levin Zamir, Diane ^a   Keret, Sandra ^b   Yaakovson, Orit ^b   Lev, Boaz ^a   Kay, Calanit ^a   Verber, Giora ^a   Lieberman, Niki ^a  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural appropriateness; Emigrants and immigrants; Evidence based practice; Health promotion; Organizational case studies; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051754907     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975910393172     Document Type: Article

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