Parent-young people communication about sexual and reproductive health in E/Wollega zone, West Ethiopia: Implications for interventions

Reproductive Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tesso, Dessalegn W ^a   Fantahun, Mesganaw A ^a   Enquselassie, Fikre ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Communication; Culture; Parent; Reproductive health; Taboo; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864940822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-9-13     Document Type: Article

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