Seeking a “Sponyo”: insights into motivations and risks around intergenerational transactional sex among adolescent boys and girls in Kenya

S Zamudio-Haas, C Auerswald, L Miller… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Intergenerational transactional sex (ITS) occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa within the
context of widespread poverty and limited employment opportunities. We examined how …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing risk factors and health impacts across different forms of exchange sex among young women in informal settlements in South Africa: A cross …

K Stoebenau, K Dunkle, S Willan, N Shai… - Social Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract For women in South Africa, engaging in exchange sex, including transactional sex
(TS), or sex work (SW), is associated with several shared poor health outcomes; yet the …

'Youth in a void': sexuality, HIV/AIDS and communication in Kenyan public schools

C Njue, H Voeten, BM Ahlberg - Sex Education, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The disappearance of traditional sex education during rites of passage in African societies
has left many youth uncertain of where to look for information. Against this backcloth, the …

[HTML][HTML] Transactional sex among youths in post-conflict Liberia

KA Atwood, SB Kennedy, EM Barbu… - Journal of health …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper presents findings on sexual risk behaviours of Liberian youths based on five
focus-group discussions conducted with 6th and 7th graders (n= 36) attending an …

Young people's and stakeholders' perspectives of adolescent sexual risk behavior in Kilifi County, Kenya: a qualitative study

D Ssewanyana, PN Mwangala… - Journal of health …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
A lack of research exists around the most common forms of sexual risk behaviors among
adolescents, including their underlying factors, in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using an Ecological …

From survival to glamour: motivations for engaging in transactional sex and relationships among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa

Z Duby, K Jonas, T McClinton Appollis, K Maruping… - AIDS and Behavior, 2021 - Springer
We explored transactional sex and relationships (TSR) among South African adolescent
girls and young women (AGYW) using (1) survey data from 4,399 AGYW aged 15–24 years …

[HTML][HTML] Developing experimental vignettes to identify gender norms associated with transactional sex for adolescent girls and young women in Central Uganda

K Stoebenau, N Kyegombe, JB Bingenheimer… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Transactional sex or informal sexual exchange relationships increase adolescent
girls' and young women's (AGYW) HIV and pregnancy risk in sub-Saharan Africa. These …

“Eat and you will be eaten”: a qualitative study exploring costs and benefits of age-disparate sexual relationships in Tanzania and Uganda: implications for girls' …

J Wamoyi, AM Buller, D Nyato, N Kyegombe… - Reproductive health, 2018 - Springer
Background Age-disparate sex is associated with increased HIV risk among adolescent girls
and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa. However, little has been done to …

Transactional sex amongst young people in rural northern Tanzania: an ethnography of young women's motivations and negotiation

J Wamoyi, D Wight, M Plummer, GH Mshana… - Reproductive health, 2010 - Springer
Background Material exchange for sex (transactional sex) may be important to sexual
relationships and health in certain cultures, yet the motivations for transactional sex, its scale …

Understanding sexual behaviors of youth from the lens of caregivers, teachers, local leaders and youth in Homabay County, Kenya

E Omanga, I Inwani, K Agot, J Buttolph, R Nduati… - Reproductive …, 2023 - Springer
In Kenya similar to other countries in Eastern and Southern Africa There is a
disproportionately high burden of the global HIV incidence among youth ages 15–24 years …