Married men's first time experiences of early childbearing and their role in sexual and reproductive decision making: A qualitative study from rural Vietnam

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 449-461

  Klingberg Allvin, Marie ^a,b   Berggren, Vanja ^a,c   Binh, Nguyen Thanh ^a   Bijay, Bharati ^a   Johansson, Annika ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

health decision making; reproductive health; Vietnam; young men

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; TIME; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859398999     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.667574     Document Type: Article

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