An integrative review of comprehensive sex education for adolescent girls in Kenya

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-63

  Agbemenu, Kafuli ^a   Schlenk, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrative review; Kenya; Sex education; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; NURSE'S ROLE; SEX EDUCATION;

EID: 79951821367     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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