Voices from an Afghan community.
A major role of the community health nurse is advocating to meet the needs of population groups. This article describes how community health nurses utilized two assessment tools, a windshield survey, a semi-structured interview protocol, and the Healthy People 2000 National Health Objectives to collect pertinent information and recommend program strategies at the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention levels to reduce the prevalence of domestic violence in an Afghan community.
Perry
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California State University, Hayward 94542, USA. cperry@csuhayward.edu
Shams
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DeLeon
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D000328:Adult; D000346:Afghanistan / Q000208:ethnology; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D015995:Prevalence; D011322:Primary Prevention; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000379:methods*