A review of interventions with parents to promote the sexual health of their children

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-27

  Wight, Daniel ^a   Fullerton, Deirdre ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b Insights Health and Social Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents young people; Parenting interventions programs; Sexual behavior; Sexual health; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84871388628     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.04.014     Document Type: Review

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