Coming of age: How young women in the northwest territories understand the barriers and facilitators to positive, empowered, and safer sexual health

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lys, Candice ^a   Reading, Charlotte ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Northwest Territories; Qualitative methods; Sexual health; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872970693     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18957     Document Type: Article

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