'It's the sense of responsibility that keeps you going': stories and experiences of participation from rural community health workers in Guatemala

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ruano, Ana L ^a   Hernández, Alison ^a   Dahlblom, Kjerstin ^a   Hurtig, Anna K ^a   Sebastián, Miguel S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alma Ata declaration; Community health workers; Community participation; Guatemala; Primary Health Care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865963702     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/0778-7367-70-18     Document Type: Article

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