Do family-planning workers in China support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 274-280

  Tu, Xiaowen ^a   Cui, Nian ^b   Lou, Chaohua ^a   Gao, Ersheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^b Sichuan Family Planning Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Adult; Attitude of health personnel; China; Community health aides; Contraception; Cultural characteristics; Family planning services; Government agencies; Marital status; Reproductive medicine; Safe sex; Sex education

Indexed keywords

FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH WORKER; SERVICE PROVISION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SAFE SEX; SEX EDUCATION; SINGLE PERSON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2342488638     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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