Treatment-seeking for selected reproductive health problems: Behaviours of unmarried female adolescents in two low-performing areas of Bangladesh

Reproductive Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kabir, Humayun ^a   Saha, Nirod Chandra ^a   Wirtz, Andrea L ^b   Gazi, Rukhsana ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Female adolescents; Healthcare facilities; Menstrual problem; Rural; STIs; Treatment seeking; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SINGLE PERSON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904275397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-54     Document Type: Article

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