Listening to service users: Young homeless people's experiences of a new mental health service

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-230

  Taylor, Helen C ^a   Stuttaford, Maria C ^b   Broad, Bob ^c   Vostanis, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c National Children's Bureau   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Homeless; Mental health; Service users; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COUNSELING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 38449090837     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493507079568     Document Type: Article

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