Outcomes of a systematically designed strategy for the implementation of sex education in Dutch secondary schools

Health Education Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-333

  Wiefferink, C H ^a   Poelman, J ^b   Linthorst, M ^c   Vanwesenbeeck, I ^d   Van Wijngaarden, J C M ^e   Paulussen, T G W ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Foundation for STI Control   (Netherlands)

^c NIGZ Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention   (Netherlands)

^d Rutgers Nisso Group   (Netherlands)

^e Netherlands Association for Community Health Services   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL EDUCATION; TEACHER; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX EDUCATION;

EID: 19544363558     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyg120     Document Type: Article

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