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Predictors of primary and secondary sexual abstinence among never-married youth in urban poor Accra, Ghana

BACKGROUND: Sexual abstinence is a key component of the strategy to address unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and HIV among youth in sub-Sahara Africa. But contextual pressures make abstaining from sex a formidable task for urban poor youth in the sub-region. Nevertheless, some y...

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Autores principales:	Alhassan, Nurudeen, Dodoo, F. Nii-Amoo
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2020
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7035703/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32085788 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-020-0885-4

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