Provocative Questions in Parochial Sex Education Classes: Higher Incidence in Younger Students

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 259-264

  Moreno, Megan ^a   Breuner, Cora C ^a   Lozano, Paula ^b  

^a Adolescent Medicine   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Sex education; Sexual behaviors

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASTURBATION; MENSTRUATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51349117682     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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