Parents' and teachers' communication about HIV and sex in relation to the timing of sexual initiation among young adolescents in Tanzania

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 879-888

  Kawai, Kosuke ^a   Kaaya, Sylvia F ^b   Kajula, Lusajo ^b   Mbwambo, Jessie ^b   Kilonzo, Gad P ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adolescents; communication; HIV; parents; sexual initiation; Tanzania; teachers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA; TEACHING;

EID: 56349161217     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808094243     Document Type: Article

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