Your health is your wealth: faith-based community action on the health of African migrant communities in Amsterdam

被引：5
作者：
Agyemang, Charles [1 ]
Meeks, Karlijn [1 ]
Boateng, Reynolds [2 ]
Beune, Erik [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Amsterdam, Acad Med Ctr, Amsterdam Publ Hlth Res Inst, Dept Publ Hlth, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Pentecostal Council Churches, Amsterdam, Netherlands
来源：
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH | 2018年 / 72卷 / 05期
关键词：
ethnicity; deprivation; health promotion; GHANAIAN MIGRANTS; NETHERLANDS; RODAM; HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; OBESITY; HELIUS;
D O I：
10.1136/jech-2017-209130
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
The African migrant communities in Europe face many challenges including poor health outcomes. Migrant community leaders can play a crucial role in addressing the health needs of their community members. In this paper, we described Sub-Saharan African migrant community leaders' action to improve the health of their faith-based community members in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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