Has untargeted sexual health promotion for young people reached its limit? A quasi-experimental study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 398-404

  Elliott, Lawrie ^a   Henderson, Marion ^b   Nixon, Catherine ^b   Wight, Daniel ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CONDOM USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; VULNERABILITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOTLAND; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84883052119     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201034     Document Type: Article

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