Factors influencing the adolescent pregnancy rate in the Greater Giyani Municipality, Limpopo Province - South Africa

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-18

  Mushwana, Lenny ^a   Monareng, Lydia ^a   Richter, Solina ^b   Muller, Helene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to care; Adolescence; Peer pressure; Pregnancy rate; Psychosocial environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PEER PRESSURE; PREGNANCY RATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84923604848     PISSN: 22141391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijans.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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