Focus groups with children: A resource for sexual abuse prevention program evaluation

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1205-1216

  Charlesworth, Leanne Wood ^a   Rodwell, Mary K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Sexual abuse prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL ABUSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0030807698     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00095-1     Document Type: Article

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