Nature of, and responses to key sexual and reproductive health challenges for adolescents in urban slums in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

YD Wado, M Bangha, CW Kabiru, GT Feyissa - Reproductive Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Addressing adolescents' sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
requires an understanding of the socio-cultural and spatial settings within which they live …

Money, status, love, and death: sexual relations with considerably older persons in African societies—a systematic review

D Tener - Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Sexual relations between adolescents or young persons and considerably older persons
are considered illegal or deviant in many countries. Yet legal and social definitions and …

A multilevel mixed effect analysis of neighbourhood and individual level determinants of risky sexual behaviour among young people in South Africa

CO Odimegwu, NH Ugwu - Reproductive Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Despite national and international commitments and efforts to prevent risky
sexual behaviours, a high proportion of young people in South Africa are engaged in risky …

Adolescents' narratives of coping with unintended pregnancy in Nairobi's informal settlements

JN Mumah, S Mulupi, YD Wado, BA Ushie, D Nai… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Aim This study explored adolescent experiences and coping strategies for unintended
pregnancy in two informal settlements—Viwandani and Korogocho—in Nairobi, Kenya …

Transactional sex among Nigerian university students: the role of family structure and family support

AI Ajayi, OD Somefun - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The reasons for the persistence of risky sexual behaviours among adolescents
and young adults in sub-Saharan Africa despite the increasing knowledge about the …

Socioeconomic predictors of transactional sex in a cohort of adolescent girls and young women in Malawi: a longitudinal analysis

MW Gichane, KE Moracco, AE Pettifor, C Zimmer… - AIDS and Behavior, 2020 - Springer
Transactional sex is associated with incident HIV infection among adolescent girls and
young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence on the dimensions of …

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 …

Food insecurity and depression: a cross‐sectional study of a multi‐site urban youth cohort in Durban and Soweto, South Africa

J Jesson, J Dietrich, M Beksinska… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the prevalence of food insecurity and the independent association
between depression and food insecurity among youth living in two urban settings in South …

[图书][B] Engendering democracy in Africa: Women, politics and development

N Gaynor - 2022 - library.oapen.org
This book investigates women's political participation in Africa. Going beyond the formal
institutions of electoral politics, it explores a range of spaces where everyday politics take …