Feasibility trial of a film-based educational intervention for increasing boys' and girls' intentions to avoid teenage pregnancy: Study protocol

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-45

  Lohan, Maria ^a   Aventin, Áine ^a   Maguire, Lisa ^a   Clarke, Mike ^a   Linden, Mark ^a   McDaid, Lisa ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feasibility trial; Intervention; Sex education; Sexual health promotion; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908353190     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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