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Promotora de Salud: Promoting Folic Acid Use Among Hispanic Women

Leslie deRosset, Amy Mullenix, Alina L. Flores, Daniel Mattia-Dewey, T. Cara

Journal of Women s Health · 2014 · 23 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

The results of this study indicate that the promotora de salud model may be effective in reaching a subpopulation of women with the folic acid message. Additional studies with larger population sizes are warranted to validate these findings.

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