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"It's a 24-Hour Thing... a Living-for-Each-other Concept": Identity, Networks, and Community in an Urban Village Health Worker Project

dc.contributor.authorSchulz, Amy J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIsrael, Barbara A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Adamen_US
dc.contributor.authorHollis, Roseen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T18:33:54Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T18:33:54Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.identifier.citationSchulz, Amy; Israel, Barbara; Becker, Adam; Hollis, Rose (1997). ""It's a 24-Hour Thing... a Living-for-Each-other Concept": Identity, Networks, and Community in an Urban Village Health Worker Project." Health Education & Behavior 24(4): 465-480. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66488>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1090-1981en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66488
dc.description.abstractSocial networks are webs of relationships between individuals, and they play an important role in the complex social processes through which individuals seek information, obtain social support, and mobilize for collective action to modify social, economic, and environmental conditions associated with health and illness. Studies have described and evaluated lay health advisor (LHA) programs that use social networks to improve individual and community health. The experience and perceptions of community members involved with LHA programs have been explored less often and offer essential information to health educators about the design, implementation, evaluation, and support of such programs. This article examines the perspective of LHAs in Detroit, Michigan. Their understanding and experience of their work, the relationships between their activities and a sense of self and community, and personal and programmatic rewards and challenges are examined. The authors discuss implications for health educators related to LHAs' roles, relationship to supporting organizations, recruitment, training, and ongoing support.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.title"It's a 24-Hour Thing... a Living-for-Each-other Concept": Identity, Networks, and Community in an Urban Village Health Worker Projecten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEducationen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumSchool of Public Health, University of Michigan at Ann Arboren_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumSchool of Public Health, University of Michigan at Ann Arboren_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherHealth Policy Research, Yale Universityen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDetroit Health Department, Detroit, MIen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66488/2/10.1177_109019819702400406.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/109019819702400406en_US
dc.identifier.sourceHealth Education & Behavioren_US
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