Rural parents' communication with their teen-agers about sexual issues

Journal of School Health

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 338-344

  Jordan, Timothy R ^a   Price, James H ^b   Fitzgerald, Shawn ^c  

^a MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONDOMS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034305708     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2000.tb07269.x     Document Type: Article

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