This article reviews what has been learned to date about the role of gender‐based power in
sexual relationships in determining sexual and reproductive health outcomes. A framework …

This literature review assesses the extent of age mixing and economic transactions in the
sexual relationships of adolescent girls in sub‐Saharan Africa and the behavioral dynamics …

and Health: Page 1 VVHO/FRH/WHD/93.15 Distr: General Original: English Gender and
Health: Technical Paper Word Health Organization Women's Health and Development …

How has the end of apartheid affected the experiences of South African children and
adolescents? This pioneering study provides a compelling account of the realities of …

CONTEXT: Peer‐led interventions have become a popular method of providing sexual
health education to adolescents, but the efficacy of this approach and the methodological …

This article reviews the literature on health consequences of adolescent sexual behavior
and childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa, and the social and cultural context in which they …

This article offers an overview of sexual behavior and contraceptive knowledge and use
among adolescent women across a large number of developing countries. The results …

This study investigates how relative socioeconomic status influences the sexual behaviors of
young women and men aged 14–24 years in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa—an …

Using national survey data collected in 2004 in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda
with 12–19 year olds, we examine the prevalence of sex in exchange for money or gifts in …

Adolescent females in Zimbabwe are at high risk for HIV acquisition. Shaping the Health of
Adolescents in Zimbabwe (SHAZ!) was a randomized controlled trial of a combined …