Differentiating the incidence and burden of HIV by age among women who sell sex: a systematic review and Meta‐Analysis

MCD Stoner, KB Rucinski, C Lyons… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Young women who sell sex (YWSS) are at heightened risk of HIV acquisition
and transmission and are among the least engaged in HIV services. There is insufficient …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges and potential solutions for adolescent girls in urban settings: a rapid evidence review

S Chant, M Klett-Davies, J Ramalho - 2017 - eprints.lse.ac.uk
Delivering on development goals requires focusing on urban areas of the Global South. Not
only do threequarters of the world's urban inhabitants already live in Southern countries, but …

Economic context and HIV vulnerability in adolescents and young adults living in urban slums in Kenya: a qualitative analysis based on scarcity theory

L Jennings, M Mathai, S Linnemayr, A Trujillo… - AIDS and Behavior, 2017 - Springer
Urban slum adolescents and young adults have disproportionately high rates of HIV
compared to rural and non-slum urban youth. Yet, few studies have examined youth's …

Association between lifetime sexual violence victimization and selected health conditions and risk behaviors among 13–24-year-olds in Lesotho: Results from the …

V Picchetti, C Stamatakis, FB Annor, GM Massetti… - Child abuse & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Sexual violence is a serious public health concern worldwide. In Lesotho, one
in seven women and one in twenty men aged 18 years and older experienced sexual …

The role of material deprivation and consumerism in the decisions to engage in transactional sex among young people in the urban slums of Blantyre, Malawi

M Kamndaya, J Vearey, L Thomas, CW Kabiru… - Global public …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Transactional sex has been associated with a high risk of HIV acquisition and unintended
pregnancy among young women in urban slums in sub-Saharan Africa. However, few …

A survival analysis of the timing of onset of childbearing among young females in Nigeria: are predictors the same across regions?

MON Kunnuji, I Eshiet, CCP Nnorom - Reproductive health, 2018 - Springer
Background Early childbearing comes at high health costs to girls, the children they bear,
their future life chances and the larger society. Nationally representative data suggest …

[HTML][HTML] WHISPER or SHOUT study: protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial assessing mHealth sexual reproductive health and nutrition interventions among …

FH Ampt, C Mudogo, P Gichangi, MSC Lim… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction New interventions are required to reduce unintended pregnancies among
female sex workers (FSWs) in low-and middle-income countries and to improve their …

Situational context of home-based sexual education in urban slums of Ibadan, Nigeria–evidence from a qualitative study

TK Aliyu - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This study explores the influence of situational context on parent-adolescent communication
about sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues in the urban slums of Ibadan, Nigeria. A …

Lessons learned from using respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to assess sexual risk behaviors among Kenyan young adults living in urban slum settlements: A …

L Jennings Mayo-Wilson, M Mathai, G Yi… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a peer-referral sampling methodology
used to estimate characteristics of underserved groups that cannot be randomly sampled …

Persistence of traditional and emergence of new structural drivers and factors for the HIV epidemic in rural Uganda; A qualitative study

F Bajunirwe, D Akakimpa, FP Tumwebaze… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background In Uganda, the HIV epidemic is now mature and generalized. Recently, there
have been reports of resurgence in the incidence of HIV after several years of successful …