Pubescent male students' attitudes towards menstruation in Taiwan: Implications for reproductive health education and school nursing practice

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 513-521

  Chang, Yu Ting ^a   Hayter, Mark ^b   Lin, Mei Ling ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Menstruation; Nurses; Qualitative descriptive; Reproductive health; School nursing; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; TAIWAN;

ATTITUDE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUATION; SCHOOL NURSING; TAIWAN;

EID: 84855341223     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03700.x     Document Type: Article

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