Abstinence education for rural youth: An evaluation of the life's walk program

Journal of School Health

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 264-268

  Barnett, Jerrold E ^a   Hurst, Cynthia S ^b  

^a NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Life's Walk Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MISSOURI; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE;

EID: 0642340194     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2003.tb06576.x     Document Type: Article

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