Sexual onset and contraceptive use among adolescents from poor neighbourhoods in Managua, Nicaragua

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 88-100

  Decat, Peter ^a   De Meyer, Sara ^a   Jaruseviciene, Lina ^b   Orozco, Miguel ^c   Ibarra, Marcia ^c   Segura, Zoyla ^d   Medina, Joel ^d   Vega, Bernardo ^e   Michielsen, Kristien ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a   Degomme, Olivier ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^c Centro de Investigacions Y Estudios de la Salud (CIES)   (Nicaragua)

^d Instituto CentroAmericano de Salud (ICAS)   (Nicaragua)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Contraception; Latin America; Nicaragua; Pregnancy in adolescence; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CATHOLIC; CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NICARAGUA; PARENT; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATION; HOUSING; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; NICARAGUA; PEER INFLUENCE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RELIGION AND SEX; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84924973212     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2014.955846     Document Type: Article

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