Testing a new measure of sexual health knowledge and its connections to students' sex education, communication, confidence, and condom use

International Journal of Sexual Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-221

  Weinstein, Rebecca B ^a,c   Walsh, Jennifer L ^b   Ward, L Monique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Sex education; Sexual communication; Sexual health knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650076597     PISSN: 19317611     EISSN: 1931762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19317610802240279     Document Type: Article

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