Determinants of adolescent pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

Reproductive Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Yakubu, Ibrahim ^a   Salisu, Waliu Jawula ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Determinants; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALCOHOLISM; CELL PHONE USE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONDOM USE; CURIOSITY; EARLY SEXUAL DEBUT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEGLECT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PARENT COUNSELING; PEER PRESSURE; POVERTY; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATION; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL TEMPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNEQUAL GENDER POWER RELATION; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES FROM ADULT MALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85041129702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-018-0460-4     Document Type: Review

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