Adolescents perception of reproductive health care services in Sri Lanka

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Agampodi, Suneth B ^a   Agampodi, Thilini C ^a   Ukd, Piyaseeli ^a  

^a National Institute of Health Sciences ^*  (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MASTURBATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASTURBATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SRI LANKA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 44049086781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-98     Document Type: Article

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