Associations Between Sexual and Reproductive Health Communication and Health Service Use Among U.S. Adolescent Women.
CONTEXT: An understanding of the association between adolescents' sexual and reproductive health knowledge and their use of relevant services is needed to improve young people's sexual and reproductive health. METHODS: Data from the National Survey of Family Growth were used to examine associations...
| Publicado en: | Perspectives on Sexual & Reproductive Health Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 6 - 13 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2012
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