Developing Spanish-language family planning materials: Lessons learned from extensive field tests

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-180

  Denny Garamendi, Colleen ^a   Lopez Rabin, Jill ^c   Guendelman, Sylvia ^b   Schafer, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 34548531435     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3917607     Document Type: Article

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