Oral and anal sex practices among high school youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cherie, Amsale ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anal sex; HIV; Oral sex; Sexual and reproductive health; STIs; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855285673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-5     Document Type: Article

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