Knowledge and practice of family planning and HIV-prevention behaviour among just delivered adolescents in Ecuador: The problem of adolescent pregnancies

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Chedraui, P ^a   Van Ardenne, R ^a,b   Wendte, J F ^b   Quintero, J C ^a   Hidalgo, L ^a  

^a Enrique C Sotomayor Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Contraception; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUERPERIUM; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ECUADOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34347386933     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0325-5     Document Type: Article

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