Early sexual risk among black and minority ethnicity teenagers: A mixed methods study

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 499-506

  Jayakody, Amanda ^a   Sinha, Shamser ^b   Tyler, Katherine ^b   Khadr, Sophie N ^a   Clark, Charlotte ^c   Klineberg, Emily ^c   Booy, Robert ^c   Bhui, Kamaldeep ^c   Head, Jenny J ^c   Stansfeld, Stephen ^c   Roberts, Helen ^b   Viner, Russell M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Black and minority ethnicity; Epidemiology; Sexual behavior; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MOSLEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 79955026944     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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