"Something we'd rather not talk about": Findings from CDC exploratory research on sexually transmitted disease communication with girls and women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1823-1831

  Friedman, Allison L ^a   Bloodgood, Bonny ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMMUNICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77957997664     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.1961     Document Type: Article

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