Profiles, perceptions and motivations of community health workers of NGOs in a border city of US-Mexico

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 583-590

  Alfaro Trujillo, Beatriz ^a   Valles Medina, Ana M ^a   Vargas Ojeda, Adriana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Community health education; Community health services; Community health workers; Health promotion; Promotoras

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864027891     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9486-z     Document Type: Article

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