A rights-based sexuality education curriculum for adolescents: 1-year outcomes from a cluster-randomized trial

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 399-406

  Rohrbach, Louise A ^a   Berglas, Nancy F ^b   Jerman, Petra ^b   Angulo Olaiz, Francisca ^b   Chou, Chih Ping ^a   Constantine, Norman A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trial; Evaluation; Relationship rights; School based intervention; Sexual behavior; Sexual rights; Sexuality education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; HEALTH EDUCATION; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84942107148     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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