Socio-cultural and economic factors influencing adolescents' resilience against the threat of teenage pregnancy: A cross-sectional survey in Accra, Ghana Adolescent Health

Reproductive Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ahorlu, Collins K ^a   Pfeiffer, Constanze ^b,c   Obrist, Brigit ^b,c  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ghana; Multi layered social resilience framework; Resilience; Sexual and reproductive health; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; EXTENDED FAMILY; FEMALE; GHANA; GIRL; HABIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953370308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-015-0113-9     Document Type: Article

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