Young people and sexual agency in rural Uganda

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-296

  Bell, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency; empowerment; sexual health; Uganda; young people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

ADULT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860828494     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.635808     Document Type: Article

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