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Heslop, Carl W.; Burns, Sharyn; Lobo, Roanna – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2019
Sexual health promotion and Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) are influenced by interrelated social and cultural factors, particularly in a rural setting. This paper reports on findings from interviews with young people when asked about experiences and perspectives accessing RSE and sexual health services in a small rural Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Rural Areas, Contraception
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Hardin, Heather K.; McCarthy, Valerie Lander; Speck, Barbara J.; Crawford, Timothy N. – Journal of School Nursing, 2018
The purpose of our study was to determine the extent to which individual characteristic variables predict trust of healthcare provider (HCP), lifestyle behaviors, and use of health services among adolescents attending public high school in rural Indiana. The sample included 224 individuals surveyed in 9th grade or 12th grade required courses.…
Descriptors: Health Services, Risk, Rural Areas, Adolescents
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Heflinger, Craig Anne; Christens, Brian – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
While psychology has tended to focus on urban issues in research and practice, rural areas have undergone a series of changes in recent years that have increased the need for behavioral health services. A variety of social and economic factors has contributed both to the increasing needs and to the inability of the existing services to meet them.…
Descriptors: Health Services, Intervention, Indigenous Knowledge, Child Health