Lay health advisors: sexually transmitted disease prevention through community involvement

Faculty at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, in partnership with agencies and individuals in a rural town, are applying a lay health advisor intervention that builds on strengths identified in a community. The intervention has adapted lessons learned from a lay health advisor...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 88; no. 8; pp. 1252 - 1253
Main Authors Thomas, J C, Eng, E, Clark, M, Robinson, J, Blumenthal, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1998
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Advice
Community participation
Community Participation - economics
Community-Institutional Relations - economics
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Female
Health behaviour
Health Education - economics
Humans
Lay people
Male
North Carolina
Peer Group
Prevention
Sex Education - economics
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - economics
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - transmission
Volunteers
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Summary:Faculty at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, in partnership with agencies and individuals in a rural town, are applying a lay health advisor intervention that builds on strengths identified in a community. The intervention has adapted lessons learned from a lay health advisor model originally developed to increase breast cancer screening among African-American women. The lay health advisor approach may be particularly appropriate for STD prevention because it can reach populations not easily accessed by health professionals. Describes reasons for implementing the project, the training involved, and evaluation approaches. (Quotes from original text)
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ISSN:0090-0036