'People make assumptions about our communities': Sexual health amongst teenagers from black and minority ethnic backgrounds in East London

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 423-441

  Sinha, Shamser ^a,d   Curtis, Katherine ^b   Jayakody, Amanda ^c   Viner, Russell ^c   Roberts, Helen ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Gender; Pregnancy; Relationships; Religion; Sexuality; Youth

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MOBILE PHONE; NEGRO; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN HEALTH;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35848963645     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701616839     Document Type: Article

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