Honoring family biculturalism: Avoidance of adolescent pregnancy among latinas in the United States

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-26

  Martyn, Kristy K ^a   Darling Fisher, Cynthia ^a   Smrtka, Jennifer ^b   Fernandez, Dena ^c   Martyn, David H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Planned Parenthood   (United States)

^d The Martyn Law Firm   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Family biculturalism; Latina; Pregnancy avoidance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE HISTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750293045     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/hhci.4.1.15     Document Type: Article

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