Community health workers' attitudes, practices and perceptions towards the COVID-19 pandemic in brazilian low-income communities.
BACKGROUND: Community Health Workers (CHW) are a category of social workers described in many countries' health systems as responsible for engaging people in their residences and communities, and other non-clinical spaces to enable access to health services, especially in low-income areas. These pro...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 3 - 12 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2021
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