Sex ed by brown med: A student-run curriculum and its impact on sexual health knowledge

Family Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 785-788

  Duh, Erica ^a   Medina, Sheyla P ^a   Coppersmith, Nathan ^a   Adjei, Naomi ^a   Roberts, Mary B ^b   Magee, Susanna ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROCEDURES; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENITALIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 85034442307     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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