Keeping adolescent orphans in school to prevent human immunodeficiency virus infection: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Kenya

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-526

  Cho, Hyunsan ^a   Hallfors, Denise D ^a   Mbai, Isabella I ^b   Itindi, Janet ^b   Milimo, Benson W ^b   Halpern, Carolyn T ^c   Iritani, Bonita J ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; HIV prevention; Kenya; Orphans; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANED CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 79954990657     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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