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‘Pregnancy Has Its Advantages’: The Voices of Street Connected Children and Youth in Eldoret, Kenya

OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the reproductive health or family planning needs of street-connected children and youth in resource-constrained countries. The study objective was to describe how street-connected children and youth (SCCY) in Eldoret, Kenya, perceive pregnancy. METHODS: This qualitat...

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Autores principales:	Wachira, Juddy, Kamanda, Allan, Embleton, Lonnie, Naanyu, Violet, Ayuku, David, Braitstein, Paula
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4778759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26942724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150814

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