Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 169-179 , February 2010

It's Your Game: Keep It Real: Delaying Sexual Behavior with an Effective Middle School Program

  • Susan R. Tortolero, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Susan R. Tortolero, Ph.D., Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin, Suite 2080, Houston, TX 77030.
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  • Christine M. Markham, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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  • Melissa Fleschler Peskin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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  • Ross Shegog, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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  • Robert C. Addy, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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  • S. Liliana Escobar-Chaves, Dr.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Elizabeth R. Baumler, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas

Received 7 October 2008 ,Accepted 16 June 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00247-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.06.008

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 169-179 , February 2010

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