Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 292-299 , September 2010

A Mentoring Program for the Promotion of Sexual Health Among Korean Adolescents

  • YunHee Shin, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: YunHee Shin, Department of Nursing, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 162 IlSan-Dong, Wonju, Gangwon-Do 220-701, South Korea.
    • ,
  • Lynn Rew, EdD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN

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 This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant, which is funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD) (KRF-2006-521-E00134).

 Conflicts of interest: None to report.

PII: S0891-5245(09)00212-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2009.07.005

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 292-299 , September 2010

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