Attitudes and behaviours of young Indigenous people in Townsville concerning relationships, sex and contraception: The "u mob yarn up" project

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 513-518

  Larkins, Sarah L ^a,b   Page, R Priscilla ^c   Panaretto, Kathryn S ^a   Scott, Robert ^a   Mitchell, Melvina R ^a   Alberts, Valerie ^b   Veitch, P Craig ^a   McGinty, Suzanne ^b  

^a Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Services   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Tropical Medicine Training   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; SAFE SEX; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 34250174805     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01025.x     Document Type: Article

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