Nurse-Midwives' Attitudes towards Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Kenya and Zambia

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 14, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 119-128

  Warenius, Linnéa U ^a   Faxelid, Elisabeth A ^a   Chishimba, Petronella N ^b   Musandu, Joyce O ^c   Ong'any, Antony A ^c   Nissen, Eva B M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Kitwe School of Nursing   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

adolescents; beliefs norms values; critical thinking; Kenya; sexuality; training of service providers; youth friendly services; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL THINKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; KENYA; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MASTURBATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; ZAMBIA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 33646690039     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)27242-2     Document Type: Article

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