Sexual violence and reproductive health outcomes among South African female youths: A contextual analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Speizer, Ilene S ^a   Pettifor, Audrey ^a   Cummings, Stirling ^b   MacPhail, Catherine ^c   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^d   Rees, Helen V ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONDOM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; JUVENILE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOUTH AFRICA; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREVALENCE; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350069896     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.136606     Document Type: Article

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