Promotoras de salud: Roles, responsibilities, and contributions in a multisite community-based randomized controlled trial

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 62-71

  Hilfinger Messias, DeAnne K ^a   Parra Medina, Deborah ^b   Sharpe, Patricia A ^a   Treviño, Laura ^c   Koskan, Alexis M ^d   Morales Campos, Daisy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Community researchers; Community based participatory research; Hispanics; Physical activity; Promotoras de salud

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLE PLAYING; SOUTH CAROLINA; TEXAS; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PILOT PROJECTS; ROLE; SOUTH CAROLINA; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893467326     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1540-4153.11.2.62     Document Type: Article

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