The dynamics of intergenerational sexual relationships: The experience of schoolgirls in Botswana

Sexual Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-187

  Nkosana, Josephine ^a   Rosenthal, Doreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CONDOMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; NEGOTIATING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; STUDENTS;

EID: 34548357053     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH06070     Document Type: Article

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