Reducing adolescents' perceived barriers to treatment and increasing help-seeking intentions: Effects of classroom presentations by general practitioners

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1257-1269

  Wilson, Coralie Joy ^a   Deane, Frank P ^a   Marshall, Kellie L ^b   Dalley, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Illawarra Division of General Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Health promotion; Help seeking; Quasi experimental evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149115961     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9225-z     Document Type: Article

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