Community attitudes to the sexual behaviour of young people in an urban area with high rates of sexual ill-health

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 225-228

  Baraitser, Paula ^a   Collander Brown, Kirsty ^b   Horne, Nathalie ^c  

^a Lewisham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b GAP Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Southwark PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONDON; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 7044233075     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/0000000042177144     Document Type: Article

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