Illegal yet developmentally normative: A descriptive analysis of young, urban adolescents' dating and sexual behaviour in Cape Town, South Africa

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gevers, Aník ^a,b   Mathews, Cathy ^a,b   Cupp, Pam ^c   Russell, Marcia ^d   Jewkes, Rachel ^a,e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Courtship; Health legislation; Health policy; Sexual behaviour; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COITUS; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; ORAL SEX; PENETRATIVE SEX; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOUTH AFRICA; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN RELATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84880030554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-31     Document Type: Article

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