Where to for sexual health education for adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Jewkes, Rachel ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; HEALTH EDUCATION; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CURRICULUM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SCHOOLS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77955017711     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000288     Document Type: Article

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