Assessment of teen pregnancy prevention interventions among middle school youth

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-83

  Yampolskaya, Svetlana ^a,c   Brown, Eric C ^b   Vargo, Amy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Program; School; Teenage Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043087672     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CASW.0000012349.79750.b6     Document Type: Article

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