"be kind to young people so they feel at home": A qualitative study of adolescents' and service providers' perceptions of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in Vanuatu

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kennedy, Elissa C ^a,b   Bulu, Siula ^c   Harris, Jennifer ^c   Humphreys, David ^a   Malverus, Jayline ^c   Gray, Natalie J ^a  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Wan Smolbag Theatre ^*  (Vanuatu)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adolescent health services standards; Adolescent health services utilization; Focus groups; Health services accessibility; Pacific; Reproductive health services utilization; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VANUATU; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VANUATU; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886730850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-455     Document Type: Article

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