Parental presence and adolescent reproductive health among the Nairobi urban poor

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 369-377

  Ngom, Pierre ^a   Magadi, Monica A ^b   Owuor, Tom ^c  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Nairobi, Kenya; Parental presence; Protective factors; Reproductive health; Resilience; Slums

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0242334011     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00213-1     Document Type: Article

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