Salud para su corazon (Health for your heart) community health worker model: Community and clinical approaches for addressing cardiovascular disease risk reduction in hispanics/latinos

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 362-372

  Balcazar, H ^a   Alvarado, M ^b   Ortiz, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical approaches; community health workers; CVD; health promotion interventions; Hispanic communities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TEXAS;

EID: 80053023966     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0b013e31822cbd0b     Document Type: Article

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