Effects of a randomized health education intervention on aspects of reproductive health knowledge and reported behaviour among adolescents in Zimbabwe

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 573-577

  Mbizvo, M T ^a   Kasule, J ^a   Gupta, V ^a   Rusakaniko, S ^a   Kinoti, S N ^b   Mpanju Shumbushu, W ^b   Sebina Zziwa, A J ^c   Mwateba, R ^c   Padayachy, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Health Secretariat   (Tanzania)

^c Teenage Repro Hlth Proj Grp E   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Family planning; Reproductive biology; Sub Saharan Africa; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MENSTRUATION; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031023266     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00204-3     Document Type: Article

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