Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 634-641 , November 2006

Parent Opinion of Sexuality Education in a State with Mandated Abstinence Education: Does Policy Match Parental Preference?

  • Kristin E. Ito, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Kristin E. Ito, 725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.
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  • Ziya Gizlice, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • North Carolina Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina
    • Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Judy Owen-O’Dowd, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Branch, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Evelyn Foust, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Branch, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Peter A. Leone, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Branch, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina
    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • William C. Miller, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Received 18 January 2006 ,Accepted 28 April 2006.

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00173-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.04.022

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 634-641 , November 2006

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