"A bit more truthful": The validity of adolescent sexual behaviour data collected in rural northern Tanzania using five methods

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Plummer, M L ^a,b,c   Ross, D A ^a,b,c   Wight, D ^d   Changalucha, J ^b   Mshana, G ^b   Wamoyi, J ^b,c   Todd, J ^a,b,c   Anemona, A ^a,b,c   Mosha, F F ^b   Obasi, A I N ^a,c   Hayes, R J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TANZANIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

EID: 10344243968     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.011924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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