Pediatricians' role and practices regarding provision of guidance about sexual risk reduction to parents

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-291

  Miller, Kim S ^a   Wyckoff, Sarah C ^a   Lin, Carol Y ^a   Whitaker, Daniel J ^a   Sukalac, Thomas ^a   Fowler, Mary Glenn ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Communication; Primary prevention; Sexual risk reduction; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALITY; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 45749154881     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-008-0137-9     Document Type: Article

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