Talking With Children About Sex

References

Citations

1. Kaplan DW, Love-Osborne K (2007). Adolescence. In WW Hay Jr et al., eds., Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, 18th ed., chap. 3, pp. 102–143. New York: McGraw-Hill.

2. Ahern NR, Kiehl EM (2006). Adolescent sexual health and practice: A review of the literature. Implications for healthcare providers, educators, and policy makers. Family and Community Health, 29(4): 299–313.

3. American Academy of Pediatrics (2005). Policy statement: Emergency contraception. Pediatrics, 116(4): 1026–1035.

4. Halpern-Felsher BL, et al. (2005). Oral versus vaginal sex among adolescents: Perceptions, attitudes, and behavior. Pediatrics, 115(4): 845–851.

5. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Dating abuse fact sheet. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/datingviolence.htm.

6. Cavanagh Johnson T (2007). Understanding Children's Sexual Behaviors: What's Natural and Healthy. San Diego: Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma.

Other Works Consulted

• Dalton R (2007). Sexual behavior. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 65–70. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

• Maehr J, Felice ME (2006). Fifteen to seventeen years: Mid-adolescence—Redefining self. In SD Dixon, MT Stein, eds., Encounters With Children, 4th ed., pp. 565–598. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.

• Marcell AV (2007). Adolescence. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 60–65. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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