Rape prevention through empowerment of adolescent girls

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Sarnquist, Clea ^a   Omondi, Benjamin ^b   Sinclair, Jake ^c,d   Gitau, Carolinah ^b   Paiva, Lee ^e   Mulinge, Munyae ^f   Cornfield, David N ^a   Maldonado, Yvonne ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ujamaa Africa   (Kenya)

^c John Muir Medical Center   (United States)

^d The United States of America   (United States)

^e No Means No Worldwide   (United States)

^f ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Africa; Empowerment; Intervention; Prevention; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFICACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPE; SELF DEFENSE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; KENYA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899874619     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3414     Document Type: Article

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