What schools teach our patients about sex: Content, quality, and influences on sex education

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-266

  Lindau, Stacy Tessler ^a   Tetteh, Adjoa S ^a   Kasza, Kristen ^a   Gilliam, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE; ABORTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RAPE; SAFE SEX; SCHOOLS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEACHING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 40749123700     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000296660.67293.bf     Document Type: Article

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