Effects of a Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 35, Issue 7-9, 2014, Pages 845-858

  Taylor, Myra ^a   Jinabhai, Champak ^b   Dlamini, Siyabonga ^a   Sathiparsad, Reshma ^a   Eggers, Matthijs S ^c   De Vries, Hein ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFE SEX; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922393646     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.910216     Document Type: Article

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