Sexual risk and healthcare seeking behaviour in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in North Queensland

Sexual Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 194-199

  Scott, Robert ^a   Foster, Regina ^a   Oliver, Lisa N ^a   Olsen, Anna ^b   Mooney Somers, Julie ^c   Mathers, Bradley ^b   Micallef, Joanne M ^b   Kaldor, John ^b   Maher, Lisa ^b  

^a Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; condoms; regional; sexually transmitted infections; testing; youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASUAL SEX; CONDOM; CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931039427     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH14092     Document Type: Article

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