Gun violence and children: Factors related to exposure and trauma

Health and Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 104-112

  Slovak, Karen ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gun access; Gun violence; Parental monitoring; Rural youths; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COUNSELING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COUNSELING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0036560430     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/27.2.104     Document Type: Article

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