Boston Violence Intervention Advocacy Program: A qualitative study of client experiences and perceived effect

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 742-751

  James, Thea L ^a   Bibi, Salma ^a   Langlois, Breanne K ^a   Dugan, Elizabeth ^a   Mitchell, Patricia M ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRUST; VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ADVOCACY PROGRAM;

ADULT; BOSTON; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA CENTERS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906283866     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12409     Document Type: Article

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