Service learning: A strategy for conducting a health needs assessment of the homeless

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 385-399

  Schaffer, Marjorie A ^a   Mather, Susan ^b   Gustafson, Vicki ^c  

^a BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Care for the Homeless   (United States)

^c Brooklyn Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Health needs assessment; Homeless; Service learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0034321966     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0746     Document Type: Article

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