A journey toward womanhood: Effects of an afrocentric approach to pregnancy prevention among African-American adolescent females

Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 139, 2000, Pages

  Dixon, Angela Coleman ^a   Schoonmaker, Christopher T ^b   Philliber, William W ^b  

^a Sisterhood Agenda   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0040951608     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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