Trends in primary and secondary abstinence among Kenyan youth

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 881-892

  Chiao, Chi ^a   Mishra, Vinod ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence knowledge; Kenya; Never married youth; Schooling; Sexual abstinence

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CONDOMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; RELIGION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SINGLE PERSON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450193081     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802537856     Document Type: Article

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