Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 14, Issue 27 , Pages 119-128 , May 2006

Nurse-Midwives' Attitudes towards Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Kenya and Zambia

  • Linnéa U Warenius

      Affiliations

    • Doctoral student, Division of International Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Elisabeth A Faxelid

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, Division of International Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute
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  • Petronella N Chishimba

      Affiliations

    • Principal Tutor, Kitwe School of Nursing, Kitwe, Zambia
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  • Joyce O Musandu

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Antony A Ong'any

      Affiliations

    • Lecturer, Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Nairobi
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  • Eva B-M Nissen

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Division of Reproductive and Perinatal Health Care, Department of Women and Child Health, Karolinska Institute, and School of Life Science, University of Skövde, Stockholm, Sweden

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Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 14, Issue 27 , Pages 119-128 , May 2006