Feasibility study of social media to reduce Intimate Partner Violence among gay men in Metro Atlanta, Georgia

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 298-304

  Strasser, Sheryl M ^a   Smith, Megan ^a   Pendrick Denney, Danielle ^a   Boos Beddington, Sarah ^a   Chen, Ken ^b   McCarty, Frances ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay male; Intimate partner violence; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865798112     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.3.11783     Document Type: Article

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