Contraception knowledge and attitudes: Truths and myths among African Australian teenage mothers in Greater Melbourne, Australia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 15-16, 2014, Pages 2131-2141

  Ngum Chi Watts, Mimmie C ^a   Liamputtong, Pranee ^b   Carolan, Mary ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; African migrants; Motherhood; Refugee health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRANT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904444177     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12335     Document Type: Article

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