Empowering teenagers to prevent pregnancy: Lessons from South Africa

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 675-688

  Jewkes, Rachel ^a   Morrell, Robert ^b   Christofides, Nicola ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Gender; Post apartheid; Pregnancy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 74949105131     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050902846452     Document Type: Article

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