Acculturation and attitudes about contraceptive use among latina women

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-249

  Unger, Jennifer B ^a,b   Molina, Gregory B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION--WOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE--WOMEN; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--WOMEN; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HISPANICS--WOMEN; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR--WOMEN; SEGREGATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACCULTURATION--WOMEN; AMERICAS; ATTITUDE--WOMEN; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--WOMEN; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PLANNING; HISPANICS--WOMEN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR--WOMEN; SEGREGATION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; WOMEN;

EID: 0034173079     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993300245285     Document Type: Article

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