Receipt of school health education and school health services among adolescent immigrants in Massachusetts

Journal of School Health

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 105-113

  Blake, Susan M ^a   Ledsky, Rebecca ^b   Goodenow, Carol ^c   O'Donnell, Lydia ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Elementary and Secondary Education   (United States)

^d EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035291763     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2001.tb07302.x     Document Type: Article

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