Health in my community: Conducting and evaluating photovoice as a tool to promote environmental health and leadership among latino/a youth

Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 317-329

  Madrigal, Daniel Santiago ^a   Salvatore, Alicia ^b   Casillas, Gardenia ^a   Casillas, Crystal ^c   Vera, Irene ^c   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a   Minkler, Meredith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health research; Community based participatory research; Environmental health; Public health

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL;

ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGROCHEMICALS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84912085711     PISSN: 15570541     EISSN: 1557055X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2014.0034     Document Type: Article

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