Enhancing latinas' participation in research on sexual assault: Cultural considerations in the design and implementation of research in the Latino community

Violence Against Women

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-188

  Ahrens, Courtney E ^a   Isas, Libier ^b   Viveros, Monica ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Los Angeles Community Design Center   (United States)

Author keywords

disclosure; Latino; methodology; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RAPE; VICTIM;

CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RAPE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79751490557     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801210397701     Document Type: Article

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