Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

Risky sexual behaviors and substance use among youths in post-conflict Liberia

Temitope Ogundare
  • Temitope Ogundare
  • School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, USA.
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Senait Ghebrehiwet
  • Senait Ghebrehiwet
  • Department of Psychiatry, A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine,University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
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Benjamin L. Harris
  • Benjamin L. Harris
  • A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
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Babawale Ojediran
  • Babawale Ojediran
  • A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
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Alison M. Duncan
  • Alison M. Duncan
  • Department of Psychiatry, A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine,University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
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Haniya S. Syeda
  • Haniya S. Syeda
  • Department of Psychiatry, A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine,University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
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David C. Henderson
  • David C. Henderson
  • Department of Psychiatry, A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine,University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
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Christina P. C. Borba
  • Christina P. C. Borba
  • Department of Psychiatry, A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine,University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
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  •  Received: 10 March 2020
  •  Accepted: 12 May 2020
  •  Published: 30 June 2020

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