Factors Associated with Adolescent Pregnancy - A Sample of Taiwanese Female Adolescents

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-41

  Wang, Ruey Hsia ^a   Wang, Hsiu Hung ^a   Hsu, Min Tao ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Contraceptive attitude; Contraceptive knowledge; Contraceptive self efficacy; Effective contraceptive use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TAIWAN; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037208936     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2003.20105.x     Document Type: Article

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