Qualitative evaluation of the Teenage Mothers Project in Uganda: A community-based empowerment intervention for unmarried teenage mothers

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Leerlooijer, Joanne N ^a,b   Bos, Arjan Er ^d   Ruiter, Robert Ac ^b   Van Reeuwijk, Miranda Aj ^c   Rijsdijk, Liesbeth E ^b,e   Nshakira, Nathan ^f   Kok, Gerjo ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Rutgers WPF   (Netherlands)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^e WINDESHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^f UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Agency; Community; Empowerment; Qualitative evaluation; Social change; Stigma; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF HELP; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SINGLE PARENT; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883544683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-816     Document Type: Article

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