Initial findings in a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of the Sex Can Wait sexual abstinence curriculum for grades 5-8

American Journal of Sexuality Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-117

  Laflin, Molly T ^a   Sommers, Joanne M ^b   Chibucos, Thomas R ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Promotion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Program evaluation; Sexuality education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845668316     PISSN: 15546128     EISSN: 15546136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J455v01n01_08     Document Type: Article

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