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Adolescents’ SexualWellbeing in Southwestern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Body Image, Self-Esteem and Gender Equitable Norms
(MDPI, 2017-12-13)
Measures of sexual wellbeing and positive aspects of sexuality in the World Health
Organization definition for sexual health are rarely studied and remain poorly understood, especially
among adolescents in Sub-Saharan ...
A systematic review of the risk factors for suicidal ideation, suicidal attempt and completed suicide among children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa between 1986 and 2018: protocol for a systematic review of observational studies
(BMC, 2018-12-12)
Background: Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among children and adolescents. Most studies about
the burden and risk factors for suicide have been conducted in high-income countries. However, there is a dearth ...
Girls Have More Challenges; They Need to Be Locked Up”: A Qualitative Study of Gender Norms and the Sexuality of Young Adolescents in Uganda
(MDPI, 2018-01-24)
Unequal power and gender norms expose adolescent girls to higher risks of HIV, early
marriages, pregnancies and coerced sex. In Uganda, almost half of the girls below the age of 18 are
already married or pregnant, which ...
Evaluation of a school based comprehensive sexuality education program among very young adolescents in rural Uganda
(BMC, 2018-09-13)
Limited research has been conducted on the effectiveness of sexuality education for very young
adolescents (VYAs) ages 10–14 years in Sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, evaluations of sexuality education
programs often ...
Sexual health of very young adolescents in South Western Uganda: a cross-sectional assessment of sexual knowledge and behavior
(BMC, 2018)
In most Sub-Saharan African countries, little is known about young adolescents’ sexual and
reproductive health (SRH). Though some efforts have been made to understand and improve SRH of older adolescents, very young ...
Process evaluation of a comprehensive sexuality education intervention in primary schools in South Western Uganda
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-01-22)
We present findings of a process evaluation of a Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) program
for young adolescents in 15 schools in South-Western Uganda.
Using the Medical Research Council (UK) framework for process ...
Evaluation of a school based comprehensive sexuality education program among very young adolescents in rural Uganda
(BMC public health, 2019-10-17)
Limited research has been conducted on the effectiveness of sexuality education for very young
adolescents (VYAs) ages 10–14 years in Sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, evaluations of sexuality education
programs often ...
Adolescents’ Sexual Wellbeing in Southwestern Uganda:
(MDPI, 2018-02-22)
Measures of sexual wellbeing and positive aspects of sexuality in the World Health
Organization definition for sexual health are rarely studied and remain poorly understood, especially
among adolescents in Sub-Saharan ...
Sexual health of very young adolescents in South Western Uganda: a cross-sectional assessment of sexual knowledge and behavior
(Reproductive Health, 2018-08-29)
In most Sub-Saharan African countries, little is known about young adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Though some efforts have been made to understand and improve SRH of older adolescents, very young ...
“Girls Have More Challenges; They Need to Be Locked Up”: A Qualitative Study of Gender Norms and the Sexuality of Young Adolescents in Uganda
(MDPI, 2018-01-24)
Unequal power and gender norms expose adolescent girls to higher risks of HIV, early marriages, pregnancies and coerced sex. In Uganda, almost half of the girls below the age of 18 are already married or pregnant, which ...