Challenges and Strategies for Research in Prisons

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 467-472

  Apa, Zoltán L ^a   Bai, Ruoyu ^a   Mukherejee, Dhritiman V ^a,b,d   Herzig, Carolyn T A ^a,b   Koenigsmann, Carl ^c   Lowy, Franklin D ^d   Larson, Elaine L ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c New York State Department of Corrections   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prison collaboration; Prison network; Recruitment methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PRISON; PRISONER; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84865538085     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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