'He forced me to love him': Putting violence on adolescent sexual health agendas

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-242

  Wood, Katharine ^a   Maforah, Fidelia ^a   Jewkes, Rachel ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gender; Health promotion; Sexual health; South Africa; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOVE; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 0031861622     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00057-4     Document Type: Article

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