In the face of war: Examining sexual vulnerabilities of Acholi adolescent girls living in displacement camps in conflict-affected Northern Uganda

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Patel, Sheetal H ^a,b   Muyinda, Herbert ^c   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^c   Oyat, Geoffrey ^d   Atim, Stella ^e   Spittal, Patricia M ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR HEALTH EVALUATION AND OUTCOME SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e Save the Children Liberia ^*  (Uganda)

Author keywords

Acholi; Adolescent girls; Conflict; Displacement camps; HIV AIDS; Northern Uganda; Qualitative; Sexual vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIVACY; RISK; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

EID: 84871903980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-12-38     Document Type: Article

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