The health and well-being of older people in Nairobi's slums

C Kyobutungi, T Egondi, A Ezeh - Global health action, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
older people in SSA. This study aims to describe the health and well-being of older people in
two Nairobi slums… Qualitative research in the Nairobi slums where the study was conducted …

[HTML][HTML] Gender, aging, poverty and health: Survival strategies of older men and women in Nairobi slums

NN Mudege, AC Ezeh - Journal of Aging Studies, 2009 - Elsevier
… assess the perceptions and roles older people play in the slum communities and their coping
… as how people define an older person and the roles and responsibilities expected of older

HIV/AIDS and the health of older people in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross sectional survey

C Kyobutungi, AC Ezeh, E Zulu, J Falkingham - BMC Public Health, 2009 - Springer
… This study aimed to assess the effect of HIV/AIDS on the health of older people in two Nairobi
slums. More than one sixth of respondents aged 50 and over, were affected by HIV/AIDS in …

[HTML][HTML] Gender differentials and old age survival in the Nairobi slums, Kenya

R Bennett, G Chepngeno-Langat, M Evandrou… - Social Science & …, 2016 - Elsevier
… This paper examines gender differentials in survival amongst older people (50+ years) in
the Nairobi slums and to the best of our knowledge is the first study of its kind in an urban …

Toward “age-friendly slums”? Health challenges of older slum dwellers in Nairobi and the applicability of the age-friendly city approach

I Aboderin, M Kano, HA Owii - International journal of environmental …, 2017 - mdpi.com
… While a small number of local initiatives exist to support older people—in particular the …
destitute older people—there is no robust data on the level of care needed in the older slum

Concern about HIV and AIDS among older people in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya

G Chepngeno‐Langat, JC Falkingham… - Risk Analysis: An …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… This article sought to shed light on the HIV and AIDS concerns of older people living in urban
slums. The most commonly cited HIV and AIDS concern was caring for orphaned children …

The situation of older people in poor urban settings: the case of Nairobi, Kenya

A Ezeh, G Chepngeno, A Kasiira… - Aging in sub-Saharan …, 2006 - books.google.com
… This paper has provided an overview of the sociodemographic characteristics, living
arrangements, health, and economic status of older people living in two slum communities of Nairobi

Health status of people of slums in Nairobi, Kenya

G Gulis, JAA Mulumba, O Juma, B Kakosova - Environmental research, 2004 - Elsevier
… the health status of people living in the slums of Nairobi. It was … slum in Nairobi. There
were about 16,000 visits registered at Mary Immaculate Clinic of Trnava University in Nairobi

Does socioeconomic inequality in health persist among older people living in resource-poor urban slums?

JC Falkingham, G Chepngeno-Langat… - Journal of Urban …, 2011 - Springer
… are any differences in health status among older people living in a deprived area of Nairobi,
Kenya. Data from a cross-sectional survey of 2,037 men and women aged 50 years and …

Health and ageing in Nairobi's informal settlements-evidence from the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health …

B Wilunda, N Ng, J Stewart Williams - BMC Public Health, 2015 - Springer
… Investing in the health and QoL of older people in SSA will be crucial in helping the region
… domain-specific functioning and QoL in older adult slum-dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya [10, 25]. …