Because it was expected: Heterosexism as a determinant of pregnancy among sexually diverse youth

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-79

  Travers, Robb ^a   Newton, Heidi ^a   Munro, Lauren ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent pregnancy; focus groups; grossesse l'adolescence; groupes de discussion; heterosexism; h t rosexisme; homophobia; homophobie; orientation sexuelle; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859056086     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-2011-0017     Document Type: Article

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