'Always between two cultures': Young British Bangladeshis and their mothers' views on sex and relationships

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 709-723

  Griffiths, Catherine ^a   French, Rebecca S ^a   Patel Kanwal, Hansa ^b   Rait, Greta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bangladeshi; Ethnicity; Sexual health; South Asian; UK

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL BIAS; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; INTIMACY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECULARISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; BANGLADESH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53249134744     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050802213571     Document Type: Article

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