Sitting in Different Chairs: Roles of the Community Health Workers in the Poder es Salud/Power for Health Project
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
Education for Health
Volume:
21
Issue:
2
Copyright:
2008
Description:
Evaluations of Community Health Worker programs consistently document improvements in health, yet few articles clearly describe the roles of Community Health Workers (CHWs) from the CHWs’ perspective. This article presents the CHWs’ points of view regarding the various roles they played in a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project, Poder es Salud/Power for Health in Portland, Oregon, including their roles as community organizers and co-researchers. [introduction]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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