Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Services and Resources in Los Angeles: Issues, Needs, and Challenges for Assisting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 841-849

  Ford, Chandra L ^a   Slavin, Terra ^b   Hilton, Karin L ^a   Holt, Susan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; gender identity; health services needs and demand; homosexuality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSSEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMOSEXUALITY;

BISEXUALITY; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSE ABUSE; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS;

EID: 84885982625     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839912467645     Document Type: Article

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