Can peer education make a difference? Evaluation of a South African adolescent peer education program to promote sexual and reproductive health

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1605-1611

  Mason Jones, Amanda J ^a,b   Mathews, Catherine ^a,b   Flisher, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Africa; HIV; Peer education; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84555219910     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0012-1     Document Type: Article

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