Family connectedness and sexual risk-taking among urban youth attending alternative high schools

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 174-179

  Markham, Christine M ^a   Tortolero, Susan R ^a   Escobar Chaves, S Liliana ^a   Parcel, Guy S ^a   Harrist, Ronald ^a   Addy, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042624958     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3517403     Document Type: Article

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