Associations Between Sexual and Reproductive Health Communication and Health Service Use Among U.S. Adolescent Women

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-12

  Hall, Kelli Stidham ^a   Moreau, Caroline ^b   Trussell, James ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858159648     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4400612     Document Type: Article

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