Gender factors associated with sexual abstinent behaviour of rural South African high school going youth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 450-460

  Dlamini, Siyabonga ^a   Taylor, Myra ^a   Mkhize, Nosipho ^a   Huver, Rosemarie ^b   Sathiparsad, Reshma ^a   De Vries, Hein ^c   Naidoo, Kala ^a   Jinabhai, Champak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b TNS NIPO   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 67449132655     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyn041     Document Type: Article

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