Teaching sex education: Are Scottish school nurses prepared for the challenge?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-120

  McFadyen, Jacki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational status; Questionnaire; Research; School nurses; Sex education; Survey

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHOOL; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1242263926     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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