Where to for sexual health education for adolescents in sub-saharan Africa?

Rachel Jewkes

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000288

Where to for sexual health education for adolescents in sub-saharan Africa?

PLoS Med. 2010 Jun 8;7(6):e1000288. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000288.

Author

Rachel Jewkes¹

Affiliation

¹ Gender & Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa. rjewkes@mrc.ac.za

Abstract

Rachel Jewkes discusses disappointing results from a school-based sexual health intervention study in Tanzania and their implications for future health education programs.

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MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior*
Africa South of the Sahara
Curriculum
Health Education*
Humans
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Schools
Sex Education
Sexual Behavior*