Personal strengths of homeless adolescents living in a high-risk environment.
Health-risk behaviors and associated adverse health outcomes in homeless adolescents are well documented. Strengths of these youth that contribute to their health and well-being are seldom acknowledged. The purpose of this secondary analysis of qualitative data was to identify strengths that protect...
| Publicado en: | Advances in Nursing Science Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 90 - 102 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Apr-Jun 2003
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