Condom Availability Programs in Massachusetts High Schools: Relationships with Condom Use and Sexual Behavior

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 955-962

  Blake, Susan M ^a   Ledsky, Rebecca ^b   Goodenow, Carol ^c   Sawyer, Richard ^b   Lohrmann, David ^b   Windsor, Richard ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONDOMS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS;

EID: 0037902869     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.6.955     Document Type: Article

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