Taiwanese adolescents' gender differences in knowledge and attitudes towards menstruation

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-134

  Cheng, Ching Yu ^a   Yang, Kyeongra ^a   Liou, Shwu Ru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitude; Knowledge; Menstruation; Tabooed behaviors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TABOO; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MENSTRUATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEGATIVISM; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TABOO; TAIWAN; WOMEN;

EID: 34247554310     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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