Correlates of Adolescent Females' Worry About Undesired Pregnancy: The Importance of Partner Desire for Pregnancy

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 123-127

  Crosby, Richard A ^a   Diclemente, Ralph J ^a,b,c   Wingood, Gina M ^a,c   Sionean, Catlainn ^a   Cobb, Brenda K ^d   Harrington, Kathy ^e   Davies, Suzy ^e   Hook III, Edward W ^f   Oh, M Kim ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f Nutrition Sciences and Medicine   (United States)

^g University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexuality; African American Adolescents; Pregnancy, adolescents; Pregnancy, undesired; Sexual risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035431596     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1083-3188(01)00089-4     Document Type: Article

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