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A contextually relevant approach to assessing health risk behavior in a rural sub-Saharan Africa setting: the Kilifi health risk behavior questionnaire

Abstract Background Health risk behavior (HRB) is of concern during adolescence. In sub-Saharan Africa, reliable, valid and culturally appropriate measures of HRB are urgently needed. This study aims at assembling and psychometrically evaluating a comprehensive questionnaire on HRB of adolescents in...

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Main Authors:	Derrick Ssewanyana (Author), Anneloes van Baar (Author), Charles R. Newton (Author), Amina Abubakar (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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