Supporting adolescent orphan girls to stay in school as HIV risk prevention: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Zimbabwe

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1082-1088

  Hallfors, Denise ^a   Cho, Hyunsan ^a   Rusakaniko, Simbarashe ^b   Iritani, Bonita ^a   Mapfumo, John ^c   Halpern, Carolyn ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c AFRICA UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; ORPHANED CHILD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79956364260     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300042     Document Type: Article

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