Gang youth as a vulnerable population for nursing intervention

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 346-352

  Sanders, Bill ^a   Schneiderman, Janet U ^b   Loken, Alisha ^c   Lankenau, Stephen E ^d,e   Bloom, Jennifer Jackson ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gang youth; Nurse; Public health; Vulnerable population

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOS ANGELES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 68149148714     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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