Stories of redemption? Teenage mothers as the new sex educators

Sexualities

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 481-496

  Kidger, Judi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Sex education; Social exclusion; Teenage motherhood; Youthful sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344449035     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460705056622     Document Type: Article

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