Abstinence and Teenagers: Prevention Counseling Practices of Health Care Providers Serving High-Risk Patients in the United States

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-132

  Harper, Cynthia C ^a   Henderson, Jillian T ^a   Schalet, Amy ^b   Becker, Davida ^a   Stratton, Laura ^a   Raine, Tina R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954506530     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4212510     Document Type: Article

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