Pregnant girls and young parents in South African schools

Agenda

Volumn 22, Issue 76, 2008, Pages 78-90

  Bhana, Deevia ^a   Clowes, Lindsay ^b   Morrell, Robert ^a   Shefer, Tamara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

pregnancy; schools; South African Schools Act; teachers; young parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952088797     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2008.9674935     Document Type: Article

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