Unmet social needs and teenage pregnancy in Ogbomosho, South-Western Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 959-966

  Salami, Kabiru K ^a   Ayegboyin, Matthew ^a   Adedeji, Isaac A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Pregnancy resolution; Teenagers; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEER PRESSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NEEDS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SCHOOLS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921694785     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i4.27     Document Type: Article

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