Inequalities in the provision of sexual health information for young people

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-105

  McLaughlin, Marian ^a   Thompson, Kate ^a   Parahoo, Kader ^a   Armstrong, Janice ^b   Hume, Allison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Health services; Sex education; Sexual health; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SEX EDUCATION;

EID: 34147146995     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/147118907780254178     Document Type: Article

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