Evaluation of Healthy Fit: A community health worker model to address Hispanic health disparities

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Brown, Louis D ^a   Vasquez, Denise ^a   Salinas, Jennifer J ^b   Tang, Xiaohui ^a   Balcázar, Hector ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046092168     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd15.170347     Document Type: Article

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