Robert L Ferrer

Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH
Dr. John M. Smith, Jr. Professor

Vice Chair for Research

Department of Family and Community Medicine
UT Health San Antonio
Adjunct Professor of Public Health

UT  School of Public Health
7703 Floyd Curl Drive

San Antonio, TX 78229-3900

USA

Articles on this site

02 Mar 2020

“Nosotros” Approach:  Community health workers as trust builders and community healers

Authors:

RL Ferrer, CG Schlenker, RS Poursani, I Cruz, P Noel, R Palmer, CR Jaén

Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, Texas, USA

Context: Promoting patients’ commitment to engage in self-care is a core goal of primary care, yet often elusive in the context of social deprivation.