Adolescents' perceptions of health from disadvantaged urban communities: Findings from the WAVE study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-132

  Mmari, Kristin ^a   Blum, Robert ^a   Sonenstein, Freya ^a   Marshall, Beth ^a   Brahmbhatt, Heena ^a,b   Venables, Emily ^b   Delany Moretlwe, Sinead ^b   Lou, Chaohua ^c   Gao, Ershang ^c   Acharya, Rajib ^d   Jejeebhoy, Shireen ^d   Sangowawa, Adesola ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Global health; Health seeking behaviors; Physical environment; Social environment; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIORS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; CHINA; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NIGERIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894432434     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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