Involving the urban poor in health services through accommodation--the employment of neighborhood representatives.

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Abstract
Anew role for indigenous workers could be developed as a means of effectively recruiting the culturally and economically disadvantaged person to health care. The new role involves the neighborhood representative as: neighborhood organizer, a service expeditor, and a patient advocate. Central to the development of this new role is recognition that health programs must be tailored to specific neighborhoods being served, and the neighborhood thus becomes the geographical planning unit for public health efforts.

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