Community perspective on a model to reduce teenage pregnancy

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 275-284

  Tabi, Marian ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy prevention programme; African American teens; Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036834589     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02369.x     Document Type: Article

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