The Hmong Youth Task Force: Evaluation of a coalition to address the sexual exploitation of young runaways

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-76

  Saewyc, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Solsvig, Windy ^c   Edinburgh, Laurel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre for Community Child Health Research   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coalition building; Community organizing; Hmong; Public health nursing interventions; Runaways; Sexual assault; Sexual exploitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSTITUTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 37249089824     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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