Anal heterosex among young people and implications for health promotion: A qualitative study in the UK

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Marston, Cicely ^a   Lewis, R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EROTICA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COERCION; ENGLAND; EROTICA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84905901848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004996     Document Type: Article

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