How to reach sexual minority youth in the health care setting: The teens offer guidance

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 407-416

  Ginsburg, Kenneth R ^a,c   Winn, Robert J ^a   Rudy, Bret J ^a   Crawford, James ^b   Zhao, Huaqing ^a   Schwarz, Donald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Adolescent; Confidentiality; Gay; Lesbian; Provider patient relationship; Risk behaviors; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LESBIAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CARE; STUDENT T TEST; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036876517     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00419-6     Document Type: Article

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