Mother-daughter communication about sexual maturation, abstinence and unintended pregnancy: Experiences from an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Crichton, Joanna ^a,d   Ibisomi, Latifat ^b   Gyimah, Stephen Obeng ^c  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Kenya; Menstruation; Parent child communication; Sexual abstinence; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTHER DAUGHTER COMMUNICATION; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; TEACHER; UNCERTAINTY; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84855578346     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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