This paper examines timing of puberty and mechanisms through which society prepares adolescents to understand and deal with it in Malawi. Data from a national representative survey of adolescents and in-depth interviews also conducted with adolescents are used. SPSS was used to analyse survey data while N6 was used to analyse qualitative data. Results show that the onset of menarche in girls and various pubertal body changes in boys can be a cause of joy, excitement, or distress depending on how adolescents understand what this means to them at this critical stage when they start defining and comprehending their sexuality. Much more emphasis is put on educating girls about reproductive implications of menarche than on what is expected of bo...
The population of Malawi has a youthful age structure, with almost half the population aged below 17...
This study explores the relationship between age at first sexual intercourse and four indicators of ...
Background: Age at sexual debut is a key behavioural indicator used in HIV behavioural surveillance...
This paper examines timing of puberty and mechanisms through which society prepares adolescents to u...
Age at sexual debut is a key behavioural indicator used in HIV behavioural surveillance. Early age a...
This paper explores how young people in Malawi conceptualize sex and sexual relations through an ana...
Background: Globally, early sexual debut is the behaviour that puts adolescents at risk of getting H...
Abstract Background Malawi has one of the highest adolescent pregnancy rates worldwide; at 141 birth...
It is well documented that initiation or puberty rites for girls are about sexuality, sex education,...
Age at sexual debut is a key behavioural indicator used in HIV behavioural surveillance. Early age a...
Adolescents are a key target group for HIV and pregnancy prevention efforts, yet very little is know...
Early sexual debut among adolescents has become an emerging global concern since it exposes adolesce...
The aim of this article is to present a sexuality education programme, which can be used in puberty ...
This study explores the relationship between age at first sexual intercourse and four indicators of ...
Kenya has at least 42 tribes. Each of these tribes had a unique way of marking the boundary between ...
The population of Malawi has a youthful age structure, with almost half the population aged below 17...
This study explores the relationship between age at first sexual intercourse and four indicators of ...
Background: Age at sexual debut is a key behavioural indicator used in HIV behavioural surveillance...
This paper examines timing of puberty and mechanisms through which society prepares adolescents to u...
Age at sexual debut is a key behavioural indicator used in HIV behavioural surveillance. Early age a...
This paper explores how young people in Malawi conceptualize sex and sexual relations through an ana...
Background: Globally, early sexual debut is the behaviour that puts adolescents at risk of getting H...
Abstract Background Malawi has one of the highest adolescent pregnancy rates worldwide; at 141 birth...
It is well documented that initiation or puberty rites for girls are about sexuality, sex education,...
Age at sexual debut is a key behavioural indicator used in HIV behavioural surveillance. Early age a...
Adolescents are a key target group for HIV and pregnancy prevention efforts, yet very little is know...
Early sexual debut among adolescents has become an emerging global concern since it exposes adolesce...
The aim of this article is to present a sexuality education programme, which can be used in puberty ...
This study explores the relationship between age at first sexual intercourse and four indicators of ...
Kenya has at least 42 tribes. Each of these tribes had a unique way of marking the boundary between ...
The population of Malawi has a youthful age structure, with almost half the population aged below 17...
This study explores the relationship between age at first sexual intercourse and four indicators of ...
Background: Age at sexual debut is a key behavioural indicator used in HIV behavioural surveillance...