Youth in sub-Saharan Africa

RW Blum - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2007 - Elsevier
… One of the most significant changes in SSA over the past generation has been the increase
in the education of its young people and most specifically young women. In 1980, 19% of …

[HTML][HTML] Who meets the contraceptive needs of young women in sub-Saharan Africa?

E Radovich, ML Dennis, KLM Wong, M Ali… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2018 - Elsevier
sub-Saharan African countries, this study comprehensively describes where young women
… of providers and care received compared with older women. Results suggest that efforts to …

Trends in protective behaviour among single vs. married young women in sub-Saharan Africa: the big picture

J Cleland, MM Ali, I Shah - Reproductive health matters, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
… single and married young women show distinct patterns in sub-Saharan Africa. A large …
use by single young women for pregnancy prevention was witnessed in 18 countries based on …

[HTML][HTML] Intimate partner violence against adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: who is most vulnerable?

YD Wado, MK Mutua, A Mohiddin, MY Ijadunola… - Reproductive health, 2021 - Springer
… in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using data from the most recent national surveys from 27
countries. Our analyses focused on married or cohabiting adolescents and young women aged 15…

Diverging pathways: young female employment and entrepreneurship in subSaharan Africa

T Langevang, KV Gough - The Geographical Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… within sub-Saharan Africa despite little being known about how best to support youth
This paper focuses on two of the main trades which young women in sub-Saharan Africa have …

[HTML][HTML] HIV incidence rates in adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa

SSA Karim, C Baxter - The Lancet Global Health, 2019 - thelancet.com
sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years are particularly
vulnerable. In this region… population, adolescent girls and young women accounted for 25% of …

A systematic review of HIV interventions for young women in sub-Saharan Africa

CN Muthoni, SM Kneipp, MW Gichane, CE Caiola… - AIDS and Behavior, 2020 - Springer
… 5) conducted sub-group analysis for female participants when the study included both …
female sex workers or injection drug users, as these are unique populations in sub-Saharan Africa

[HTML][HTML] Socio-economic and demographic predictors of unmet need for contraception among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from cross-sectional …

BO Ahinkorah, EK Ameyaw, AA Seidu - Reproductive health, 2020 - Springer
… take these factors into consideration when designing interventions in sub-Saharan African
countries to address the problem of high unmet need for contraception among young women. …

[HTML][HTML] Women and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

G Ramjee, B Daniels - AIDS research and therapy, 2013 - Springer
… Southern Africa remains the region most severely affected by the epidemic. Women
continue to bear the brunt of the epidemic with young women infected almost ten years earlier …

The factors influencing transactional sex among young men and women in 12 subSaharan African countries

M Chatterji, N Murray, D London, P Anglewicz - Social biology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
… sex may put young women and young men in sub-Saharan Africa at … This behavior may also
put young women at higher risk of … need to know what factors put youth at increased risk. We …