A survey of risk behaviors for unintended pregnancy and human immunodeficiency virus among youth attending voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services in nine centers in urban Haiti and Tanzania

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-78

  Reynolds, Heidi W ^a   Beauvais, Harry J ^b   Lugina, Helen I ^c   Gmach, Rebecca D ^a   Thomsen, Sarah C ^a  

^a Family Health International   (United States)

^b Fondation pour la Santé Reproductrice et l'Education Familiale ^*  (Haïti)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Haiti; Health services; HIV; Pregnancy; Sexual behavior; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951573398     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450120903193899     Document Type: Article

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