Entertainment Television as a Healthy Sex Educator: The Impact of Condom-Efficacy Information in an Episode of Friends

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1115-1121

  Collins, Rebecca L ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Berry, Sandra H ^a   Kanouse, David E ^a   Hunter, Sarah B ^a  

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Author keywords

Condoms; Entertainment television; Media; Sex; Teens

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONDOMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX EDUCATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 0242268966     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.5.1115     Document Type: Article

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