Impact of the MEMA Kwa Vijana adolescent sexual and reproductive health interventions on use of health services by young people in rural Mwanza, Tanzania: Results of a cluster randomized trial

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 512-522

  Larke, Natasha ^a   Cleophas Mazige, Bernadette ^b   Plummer, Mary L ^a,b,c   Obasi, Angela I N ^a,b,d   Rwakatare, Merdard ^b   Todd, Jim ^a,b,c   Changalucha, John ^c   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Hayes, Richard J ^a   Ross, David A ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Community randomized trial; Reproductive health services; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049252694     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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