Winning policy change to promote community health workers: Lessons from Massachusetts in the health reform era

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2211-2216

  Mason, Terry ^a   Wilkinson, Geoffrey W ^b   Nannini, Angela ^c   Martin, Cindy Marti ^b   Fox, Durrell J ^b,d   Hirsch, Gail ^b  

^a Massachusetts Public Health Association   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d New England AIDS Education and Training Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIETIES;

EID: 81555196107     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300402     Document Type: Article

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