Community-based applied research with latino immigrant families: Informing practice and research according to ethical and social justice principles

Family Process

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-148

  Baumann, Ana ^a   Domenech Rodríguez, Melanie ^b   Parra Cardona, José Rubén ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Based Research; Latino Immigrants; Research Ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955923883     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2011.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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