Active parent consent for health surveys with urban middle school students: Processes and outcomes

Journal of School Health

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-79

  Secor Turner, Molly ^a   Sieving, Renee ^a,b   Widome, Rachel ^c,d   Plowman, Shari ^e   Vanden Berk, Eric ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Medical School   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f Minneapolis Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Child and evaluation; Research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; CONSENT FORMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 76149115230     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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