Barriers and bridges to care: Voices of homeless female adolescent youth in Seattle, Washington, USA

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 166-172

  Ensign, Josephine ^a   Panke, Aileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Seattle/King County Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent women; Cultural competency; Health policy; Homeless youth; Paediatric nursing; Primary care; Public health; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; SELF CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URBAN HEALTH; WASHINGTON; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036369519     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02067.x     Document Type: Article

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