Reaching Out to America's Immigrants: Community Health Advisors and Health Communication

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages

  Elder, John P ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication persuasion model; Community health advisors; Immigrant health

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; MASS MEDIUM; MIGRATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WELFARE;

EID: 85041155891     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/ajhb.27.1.s3.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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