Community intervention for the emerging epidemic of non-communicable diseases

  • Thandi Puoane
  • Hazel Bradley
  • Gail Hughes

Abstract

Background: Community health workers (CHWs) are lay people trained to assist with health care in their communities. This study took place at two sites in Khayelitsha, a township in the Cape Peninsula, from 2000 to 2002.

Author Biographies

Thandi Puoane
School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, W Cape. Dr PH
Hazel Bradley
School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, W Cape. MPH
Gail Hughes
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Dr PH, MPH
How to Cite
Puoane, T., Bradley, H., & Hughes, G. (1). Community intervention for the emerging epidemic of non-communicable diseases. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 19(2). Retrieved from http://www.sajcn.co.za/index.php/SAJCN/article/view/136
Issue
Vol 19 No 2 (2006)
Section
Original Research
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