The Vital Role of Social Workers in Community Partnerships: The Alliance for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 323-334

  Dentato, Michael P ^a   Craig, Shelley L ^b   Smith, Mark S ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based partnerships; Empowerment; GLBTQ youth; Participatory action research; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956262488     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-010-0210-0     Document Type: Article

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