Engaging Homeless Youth in Community-Based Participatory Research: A Case Study From Skid Row, Los Angeles

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-27

  Garcia, Analilia P ^a   Minkler, Meredith ^a   Cardenas, Zelenne ^b   Grills, Cheryl ^c   Porter, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Social Model Recovery Systems Inc   (United States)

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child adolescent health; community based participatory research; health research; partnerships coalitions; public health laws policies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD/ADOLESCENT HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PARTNERSHIPS/COALITIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS/POLICIES; RECREATION; SOCIAL WORK; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

CHILD/ADOLESCENT HEALTH; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH RESEARCH; PARTNERSHIPS/COALITIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS/POLICIES;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTORS; POLICY MAKING; RECREATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84890473585     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839912472904     Document Type: Article

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