Addressing domestic violence through maternal-child health home visiting: What we do and do not know

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-111

  Evanson, Tracy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL CARE; NURSE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PRIORITY;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FORECASTING; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY PREVENTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744489050     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn2302_3     Document Type: Article

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