Conspiracy beliefs about birth control: Barriers to pregnancy prevention among African Americans of reproductive age

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 474-487

  Thorburn, Sheryl ^a   Bogart, Laura M ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Birth control; Conspiracy beliefs; Contraception; Family planning; Pregnancy prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARANOIA; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PARANOID BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23744453427     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198105276220     Document Type: Article

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