Practitioners' perspectives on cultural sensitivity in Latina/o teen pregnancy prevention

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 376-389

  Wilkinson Lee, Ada M ^a   Russell, Stephen T ^a   Lee, Faye C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural sensitivity; Latina teens; Latino family; Pregnancy prevention; Teen pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744973548     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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