A process evaluation of a school-based adolescent sexual health intervention in rural Tanzania: The MEMA kwa Vijana programme

Health Education Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 500-512

  Plummer, Mary L ^a,b   Wight, D ^b   Obasi, A I N ^c   Wamoyi, J ^d   Mshana, G ^e   Todd, J ^a   Mazige, B C ^d   Makokha, M ^d   Hayes, R J ^a   Ross, D A ^a  

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

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL LEARNING; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 34547692793     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl103     Document Type: Article

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