Elementary school teachers' techniques of responding to student questions regarding sexuality issues

Journal of School Health

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-14

  Price, James H ^a   Dake, Joseph A ^b   Kirchofer, Gregg ^a   Telljohann, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MASTURBATION; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEACHER; TEACHING; TECHNIQUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038621990     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2003.tb06552.x     Document Type: Article

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