An assessment of attitudes toward gender inequitable sexual and reproductive health norms in South Sudan: A community-based participatory research approach

Conflict and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Scott, Jennifer ^a,b,c   Averbach, Sarah ^c   Modest, Anna Merport ^c   Hacker, Michele ^c,d   Cornish, Sarah ^e   Spencer, Danielle ^e   Murphy, Maureen ^e   Parmar, Parveen ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e American Refugee Committee ^*  (Sudan)

Author keywords

Conflict; Gender; Gender Inequitable Men scale; Inequitable norms; Reproductive health; Sexual health; South Sudan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887102900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-7-24     Document Type: Article

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