Salud Para Su Carozón-A Latino promotora-led cardiovascular health education program

Family and Community Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-119

  Spinner, Jovonni R ^a   Alvarado, Matilde ^a  

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

Author keywords

education; health disparities; heart disease; Latino; promotora

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOOK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COOKING; EXERCISE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MANUALS AS TOPIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858264261     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3182465058     Document Type: Article

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