Community health workers and social change: An introduction Community health workers and social change

Annals of Anthropological Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Maes, Kenneth ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers (CHWs); Community participation; Global health; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948989605     PISSN: 2153957X     EISSN: 21539588     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/napa.12060     Document Type: Article

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