Menstrual and menarche experience among pubescent female students in Taiwan: Implications for health education and promotion practice

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2040-2048

  Chang, Yu Ting ^a,b   Chen, Yueh Chih ^c,e   Hayter, Mark ^d   Lin, Mei Ling ^a  

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nurses; Nursing; Qualitative study; Reproductive health; School nursing; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 66749089326     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02545.x     Document Type: Article

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