Parent expectations and comfort with discussion of normal childhood sexuality and sexual abuse prevention during office visits

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-236

  Thomas, Danny ^a   Flaherty, Emalee ^a,b   Binns, Helen ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Children's Mem Inst for Educ/Res   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory guidance; Child sexual abuse prevention; Child sexuality; Children; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENT; PARENT COUNSELING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 2942667732     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A03-117R1.1     Document Type: Article

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