Key informant perceptions of youth-focussed sexual health promotion programs in Australia

Sexual Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-56

  Newton, Danielle ^a   Keogh, Louise ^a   Temple Smith, Meredith ^b   Fairley, Christopher K ^c   Chen, Marcus ^c   Bayly, Christine ^d   Williams, Henrietta ^c   McNamee, Kathleen ^e   Henning, Dorothy ^f   Hsueh, Arthur ^a   Fisher, Jane ^a   Hocking, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Family Planning Victoria   (Australia)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; barriers; chlamydia; cultural diversity; young people.

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE PEOPLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JUVENILE; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; READING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHAME; SKILL; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84873922674     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH12046     Document Type: Article

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