Correlates of Sexual Abstinence and Sexual Activity of Low-Income African American Adolescent Females

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 432-442

  Childs, Gwendolyn ^a   Moneyham, Linda ^a   Felton, Gwen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

adolescent girls; African American adolescent; low socioeconomic status; sexual abstinence; sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 55549107186     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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