A participatory action research approach to developing youth-friendly strategies for the prevention of teenage pregnancy

Educational Action Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 103-118

  Wood, Lesley ^a   Hendricks, Farah ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; participatory action research; sexuality education; teenage pregnancy prevention in schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011856708     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650792.2016.1169198     Document Type: Article

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