Impact of a text-messaging programon adolescent reproductive health: A cluster-randomized trial in Ghana

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 298-305

  Rokicki, Slawa ^a,b   Cohen, Jessica ^c   Salomon, Joshua A ^c   Fink, Günther ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; GIRL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TEXT MESSAGING; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL EDUCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX EDUCATION; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020642219     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303562     Document Type: Article

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