Context of sexual risk behaviour among abused ethnic minority adolescent women

International Nursing Review

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-67

  Champion, J D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Adolescent women; Childhood molestation; Drug use; Sexual risk behaviours; STI HIV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEXICAN AMERICANS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79551475704     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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