The development and validation of sexual health indicators of Canadians aged 16-24 years

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 53-61

  Smylie, Lisa ^a   Clarke, Barbara ^a   Doherty, Maryanne ^b   Gahagan, Jacqueline ^c   Numer, Matthew ^c   Otis, Joanne ^d   Smith, Greg ^e   McKay, Alexander ^f   Soon, Christine ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Options for Sexual Health   (Canada)

^f Sex Information and Education Council of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CANADA; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONDOM; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXISM; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 84875043346     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549131282s106     Document Type: Article

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