Community leaders' perceptions of single, low-income mothers' needs and concerns for social support

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 241-257

  Campbell Grossman, Christie ^a   Hudson, Diane Brage ^a   Keating Lefler, Rebecca ^a   Fleck, Missy Ofe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEADERSHIP; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF ESTEEM; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTING; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 28044469681     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn2204_6     Document Type: Article

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