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Promotores de Salud

Educating Hispanic Communities on Heart-Healthy Living

Amanda Medina American Lung Association of New Jersey, 1600 U.S. Route 22 East, Union, NJ, 07083
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Héctor Balcázar School of Public Health, University of Texas at Houston, El Paso Regional Campus, 1100 N. Stanton, Suite 110, El Paso, TX, 79902
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Mary Luna Hollen Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107
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Ella Nkhoma Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, McGavran-Greenberg Hall CB# 7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435
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Francisco Soto Mas Health Education in the College of Education, University of Texas, El Paso, 500 W. University Ave., El Paso, TX, 79968
Pages 194-202 | Published online: 23 Jan 2013

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Francisco Soto Mas, Ming Ji, Brenda O. Fuentes & Josefina Tinajero. (2015) The Health Literacy and ESL Study: A Community-Based Intervention for Spanish-Speaking Adults. Journal of Health Communication 20:4, pages 369-376.
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EricC. Twombly, KristenD. Holtz & Kimberly Stringer. (2012) Using Promotores Programs to Improve Latino Health Outcomes: Implementation Challenges for Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations. Journal of Social Service Research 38:3, pages 305-312.
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Francisco Soto Mas, Cheryl L. Schmitt, Holly E. Jacobson & Orrin B. Myers. (2018) A Cardiovascular Health Intervention for Spanish Speakers: The Health Literacy and ESL Curriculum. Journal of Community Health 43:4, pages 717-724.
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Isabella Chan & Jaime A. Corvin. (2016) Chronic Disease and Depression Among Hispanic Americans. American Journal of Men's Health 10:6, pages NP11-NP21.
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Reagan H. Thompson, Audrey E. Snyder, David R. Burt, Doris S. Greiner & Max A. Luna. (2014) Risk Screening for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in Latino Migrant Farmworkers: A Role for the Community Health Worker. Journal of Community Health 40:1, pages 131-137.
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Deborah Koniak-Griffin, Mary-Lynn Brecht, Sumiko Takayanagi, Juan Villegas, Marylee Melendrez & Héctor Balcázar. (2015) A community health worker-led lifestyle behavior intervention for Latina (Hispanic) women: Feasibility and outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies 52:1, pages 75-87.
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Francisco Soto Mas, Erika Mein, Brenda Fuentes, Barry Thatcher & Héctor Balcázar. (2012) Integrating Health Literacy and ESL. Health Promotion Practice 14:2, pages 263-273.
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Zobeida E. Bonilla, Sharon D. Morrison, Judy Norsigian & Ema Rosero. (2012) Reaching Latinas with Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Guía de Capacitación para Promotoras de Salud : Health Education for Social Change . Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health 57:2, pages 178-183.
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Hendrik Dirk de Heer, Hector G. Balcazar, Felipe Castro & Leslie Schulz. (2011) A Path Analysis of a Randomized Promotora de Salud Cardiovascular Disease–Prevention Trial Among At-Risk Hispanic Adults . Health Education & Behavior 39:1, pages 77-86.
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Judith Aponte. (2010) Addressing Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) in Mexican Americans With Diabetes in the NHANES (1999–2000 and 2001–2002). Holistic Nursing Practice 24:2, pages 99-106.
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