The role of policy advocacy in assuring comprehensive family life education in California

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1095-1108

  Brindis, Claire D ^a   Geierstanger, Sara P ^a   Faxio, Adrienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy prevention; Family life education; Policy advocacy; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX EDUCATION;

EID: 70450174159     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198109332598     Document Type: Article

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