Sexually harassing behavior against adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh: Implications for achieving millennium development goals

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-456

  Alam, Nurul ^a   Roy, Swapan K ^b   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^c  

^a ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b Clinical Sciences Division of ICDDRB   (Bangladesh)

^c Nutrition Programme of ICDDRB   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Female adolescents; Perpetrator; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75949100323     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509334281     Document Type: Article

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