It's Your Game: Keep It Real: Delaying Sexual Behavior with an Effective Middle School Program

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-179

  Tortolero, Susan R ^a   Markham, Christine M ^a   Peskin, Melissa Fleschler ^a   Shegog, Ross ^a   Addy, Robert C ^a   Escobar Chaves, S Liliana ^a   Baumler, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Educational technology; Health education; Health knowledge, attitudes, and practice; Intervention studies; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in adolescence; Risk taking; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted diseases; Texas; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 74649083971     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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