Implementing school nursing strategies to reduce LGBTQ adolescent suicide: A randomized cluster trial study protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Willging, Cathleen E ^a   Green, Amy E ^b,c   Ramos, Mary M ^d  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Implementation; School nurses suicide; Sexual and gender minority

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BISEXUALITY; BULLYING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEW MEXICO; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; SEXUALITY; SUICIDE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BISEXUALITY; BULLYING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEW MEXICO; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOL NURSING; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SEXUALITY; SUICIDE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84992035828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0507-2     Document Type: Article

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