The Role of Community Health Workers in Combating Type 2 Diabetes in the Rio Grande Valley
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the use of community health workers (CHWs, aka promotoras de salud in Spanish) in the control of type 2 diabetes (diabetes mellitus) in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV). Known from the literature as “a disease of the 21st century” and being...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Primary Care & Community Health |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2150131910382556 |