Scaling up a school-based sexual and reproductive health intervention in rural Tanzania: A process evaluation describing the implementation realities for the teachers

Health Education Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 903-916

  Renju, Jenny ^a   Nyalali, Kija ^b   Andrew, Bahati ^b   Kishamawe, Coleman ^b   Kimaryo, Micheal ^c   Remes, Pieter ^d   Changalucha, John ^b   Obasi, Angela ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; TANZANIA; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649231571     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyq041     Document Type: Article

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