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Background Materials
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Amherst Initiative for Healthy Adolescent Sexuality (AIHAS) Research Team. Amherst Parents’ Attitudes Towards School-Based Sexual Health Education. Amherst: Health Canada, August, 1996.
Amherst Initiative for Healthy Adolescent Sexuality (AIHAS) Research Team (1996). A Sexuality Education Needs Assessment Conducted with Students, Teachers and Guidance Counsellors at E.B. Chandler Junior High and Amherst Regional High School. Amherst, NS: Health Canada. 1996.
Beazley, G., D. Gruchy, & L. Nette, Adolescent Health into the Twenty-first Century An Evaluation of the Red Door Adolescent Health and Support Centre. Halifax, NS: Nova Scotia Department of Health. 1995.
Bell, R. and others. Changing Bodies, Changing Lives. New York, NY: Vintage Books. 1988.
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Cumberland Adolescent Reproductive Health Project. Listening to Grades 9 to 12 Students: What Education and Services Could Help Prevent Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)? Cumberland County, NS: Health Canada. 1993.
Day, D. Young Women in Nova Scotia: A Study of Attitudes, Behaviours and Aspirations. Halifax, NS: Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. 1990.
The Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture. Foundation for Active, Healthy Living: Physical and Health Education Curriculum. Validation Draft. Halifax, NS: The Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture. 1997.
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Cited Works Addendum
Kaufman, M. (1995). Easy for you to say: Q & A’s for teens living with chronic illness or disability. Toronto: Key Porter Books Ltd.
Kroll, K. & Levy Klein, E. (1995). Enabling Romance: A Guide to Love, Sex & Relationships for the Disabled (And the People who Care about Them). Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House, Inc.
Schneider, M. (ed.) (1997). Pride & Prejudice: Working with lesbian, gay & bisexual youth. Toronto: Central Toronto Youth Services.
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