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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Development and Validation of a Sexual Health Literacy Measurement Tool for Pregnancy Prevention Among Adolescents (SHL-PPA)

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Pages 2417-2430 | Received 09 May 2023, Accepted 15 Aug 2023, Published online: 23 Aug 2023

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