Sexual health practices of homeless youth

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-145

  Rew, Lynn ^a,b   Fouladi, Rachel T ^c   Yockey, Ronald D ^d  

^a Epsilon Theta   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless youth; Intervention model; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0036048685     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2002.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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