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‘Sex education should be taught, fine…but we make sure they control themselves’: teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards young people's sexual and reproductive health in a Ugandan secondary school

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Pages 40-53 | Received 14 Oct 2011, Accepted 13 Mar 2012, Published online: 27 Apr 2012

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