Adolescent homelessness, nursing, and public health policy

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-77

  O'Sullivan, Joanne ^a,b   Lussier Duynstee, Patricia ^a  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b Youth of Fire   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent homelessness; Kingdon's multiple streams model; Policy making; Youth shelters

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; NURSING CARE; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33244465827     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154406286663     Document Type: Review

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