Correlates of condom use among male high school students in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of School Health

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 425-432

  Kabiru, Caroline W ^a   Orpinas, Pamela ^b  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; Reproductive health; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CONDOMS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68949107215     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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