Parent-adolescent sex communication in China

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-147

  Zhang, Liying ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Shah, Iqbal H ^b   Baldwin, Wendy ^c   Stanton, Bonita ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; China; Reproductive health; Sex communication; Sex education; Sexual behaviours

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34250189839     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13625180701300293     Document Type: Article

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