Pregnancy and protection: perceptions, attitudes and experiences of Australian female adolescents

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Pregnancy and protection: perceptions, attitudes and experiences of Australian female adolescents

Background and purpose: Despite decades of research, development and evaluation of educational and promotional strategies to prevent teenage pregnancy, we have only a limited understanding of the strategies that are effective and why. This study sought to explore female teenagers' attitudes, pe...

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Main Authors:	Skinner, S, Smith, J., Fenwick, J., Hendriks, J., Fyfe, S., Kendall, Garth
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2009
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40603

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