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Improving the health status of women through puberty rites for girls

Thelmah X Maluleke
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 8, No 3 | a136 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v8i3.136 | © 2003 Thelmah X Maluleke | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 04 November 2003 | Published: 04 November 2003

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Thelmah X Maluleke, University of Venda, South Africa

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The aim of this article is to present a sexuality education programme, which can be used in puberty rites for girls (vukhomba) to improve the health status of women in the community.

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Die oogmerk van hierdie artikel is om ’n seksualiteitsopvoedingsprogram voor te lê wat tydens die puberteitsrites vir meisies (vukhomba) gebruik kan word om die gesond-heidstatus van vroue in die gemeenskap te verbeter.

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