Strengthening rural Latinos' civic engagement for health: The Voceros de Salud project

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1636-1647

  López Cevallos, Daniel ^a   Dierwechter, Tatiana ^c   Volkmann, Kelly ^c   Patton López, Megan ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Benton County Health Department   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Health inequalities; Minority health; Oregon; Rural latinos

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; OREGON; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84887096655     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0161     Document Type: Article

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