Sexually active students' willingness to use school-based health centers for reproductives health care services in North Carolina

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 196-202

  Coyne Beasley, Tamera ^a   Ford, Carol A ^a   Waller, Martha W ^b   Adimora, Adaora A ^a   Resnick, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Comprehensive sexuality education; Contraception; Reproductive health; School health; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH CONTROL; CHILD; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042133392     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2003)003<0196:SASWTU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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