Knowledge about safe motherhood and HIV/AIDS among school pupils in a rural area in Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mushi, Declare L ^a   Mpembeni, Rose M ^b   Jahn, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SOCIAL BELIEF; TABOO; TANZANIA; TEACHER; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CULTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX EDUCATION; STUDENTS; TANZANIA;

EID: 34248993970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-7-5     Document Type: Article

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