A community health worker intervention to address the social determinants of health through policy change

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-123

  Ingram, Maia ^a   Schachter, Ken A ^a   Sabo, Samantha J ^a   Reinschmidt, Kerstin M ^a   Gomez, Sofia ^a   De Zapien, Jill Guernsey ^a   Carvajal, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community advocacy; Community engagement; Community health workers; Community based participatory research; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84898931330     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-013-0335-y     Document Type: Article

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