Understanding motivations for abstinence among adolescent young women: Insights into effective sexual risk reduction strategies

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 342-350

  Long Middleton, Ellen R ^a   Burke, Pamela J ^b,c   Cahill Lawrence, Cheryl A ^a   Blanchard, Lauren B ^d   Amudala, Naomi H ^e   Rankin, Sally H ^f  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d North Oakland Family Practice   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Adolescent young women; Cultural diversity; HIV prevention; Pregnancy prevention; STI prevention

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT YOUNG WOMEN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIV PREVENTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STI PREVENTION; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION;

ABSTINENCE; ADOLESCENT YOUNG WOMEN; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HIV PREVENTION; PREGNANCY PREVENTION; STI PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84882816733     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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