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The Association of Religiosity, Sexual Education, and Parental Factors with Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents and Young Adults [PDF]

, 2010
This study examined the association of religiosity, sexual education and family structure with risky sexual behaviors among adolescents and young adults. The nationally representative sample, from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, included 3,168
Fehring, Richard, Haglund, Kristin
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"Moving" and Marrying [PDF]

We use a microsimulation model to estimate the proportions of rural Malawian brides and grooms who are already HIV positive when they marry. The model, a demographic model of reproduction and mortality overlaid with a model of disease transmission ...
FFF1Michael NNN1Bracher, FFF2Gigi NNN2Santow, FFF2Susan NNN2Watkins   +2 more
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Premarital sexual practices and associated factors among high school students in Hawassa city in Ethiopia, 2018: institutional-based cross sectional study design

International Journal of Scientific Reports, 2019
<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Youth reproductive health problems have been an issues of worldwide especially Africa countries, including Ethiopia; in addition to these population took more than two-third of overall population.
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Too Young to Wed: the Lives, Rights and Health of Young Married Girls [PDF]

, 2003
Provides data on the rates of child marriage throughout the developing world, and its effect on young girls and on the economy of developing countries.
Anju Malhotra, Margaret Greene, Sanyukta Mathur   +2 more
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How do pro-social tendencies and provider biases affect service delivery? Evidence from the rollout of self-injection of DMPA-SC in Nigeria

BMC Women's Health
Background Inconsistent provision of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) for self-injection (SI) undermines efforts to improve women’s reproductive health agency and access to self-care.
Calvin Chiu, Aminat Tijani, Madeline Griffith, Emily Himes, Sneha Challa, Chioma Okoli, Shakede Dimowo, Ayobambo Jegede, Jenny X. Liu   +8 more
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Volunteerism and Community Mobilization for the Abolition of Fgm: Lesson Learnt from the UNV Pilot Project in Sudan. [PDF]

, 2007
This paper reflects on some of the lessons learnt from UNV interventions of using volunteerism to mobilize local communities to combat female genital mutilation/cutting in ...
Nafisa Mohamed A. Bedri
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Assessment of the prevalence and determinants of premarital sexual practice and unprotected sex among high school students in Addis Ababa.

, 2009
No abstract available for this ...
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Research report: "Using what you have to get what you want": Vulnerability to HIV and prevention needs of female post‐secondary students engaged in transactional sex in Kumasi, Ghana [PDF]

, 2013
This study was implemented by Boston University in collaboration with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S.
Adu‐Sarkodie, Yaw, Agyarko‐Poku, Thomas, Akuoko, Kofi, Baba‐Djara, Monita, Baffuor Opoku, Kofi, Beard, Jennifer, Brennan, Alana, Corneliess, Caitlin   +7 more
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Sex Offenses: A Sociological Critique [PDF]

, 1960
Wheeler, Stanton
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Premarital Sexual Practice and Perception of Sexual and Reproductive Health Risks Associated With It Among in-School Youths In Shoa Robit Town, North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

, 2014
Introduction: More than one billion people in the world are between the ages of 15 and 24, and most live in developing countries. Unsafe sex is a major threat to the health and survival of millions of adolescents. Each year, one in 20 adolescents worldwide contracts an STI including HIV/AIDS.
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