Contraceptive Use Among Adolescent Latinas Living in the United States: The Impact of Culture and Acculturation

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Sterling, Sandra P ^a   Sadler, Lois S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

acculturation; adolescent; counseling; culture; Hispanic; Latina; pregnancy; prevention; teenager

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEGAL ABORTION; MALE; PREGNANCY; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649235861     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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