Precarious partnerships: Designing a community needs assessment to develop a system of care for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (GLBTQ) youths

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-291

  Craig, Shelley L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Community needs assessment; Community based participatory research; Gay; Lesbian; Sexual minority youth; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052150181     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705422.2011.595301     Document Type: Article

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