Sexual behaviour and sex education in Irish school-going teenagers

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 196-200

  MacHale, E ^a   Newell, J ^b  

^a Community Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; sex education; sexual behaviour; teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEX EDUCATION; STUDENTS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0030887317     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462971919714     Document Type: Article

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