Correlates of age at onset of sexual intercourse in African American adolescents living in urban public housing

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1263-1277

  Eugene, Nebbitt Von ^a   Lombe, Margaret ^b   Sanders Phillips, Kathy ^c   Stokes, Charu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Graduate School of Social Work   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; Age of onset of sex; Health risk behavior; Self efficacy.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COITUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC HOUSING; RISK-TAKING; SELF EFFICACY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649532609     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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