The need to promote behaviour change at the cultural level: One factor explaining the limited impact of the MEMA kwa Vijana adolescent sexual health intervention in rural Tanzania. A process evaluation

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wight, Daniel ^a   Plummer, Mary ^a   Ross, David ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural interventions; Culture; HIV AIDS; Process evaluation; Sexual health; Structural barriers; Sub Saharan Africa; Tanzania; Young people adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84866179972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-788     Document Type: Article

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