Capacity Building for Post-Disaster Mental Health Since Katrina: The Role of Community Health Workers

Review of Black Political Economy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-368

  Springgate, Benjamin ^a,c,d   Wennerstrom, Ashley ^a,e   Carriere, Cynthia ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Holy Cross Neighborhood Association   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d REACH NOLA   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Disaster; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455158211     PISSN: 00346446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-010-9083-x     Document Type: Review

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