ArticleCulture, health & sexuality2016
Eating sweets without the wrapper: perceptions of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among street youth in western Kenya.
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- Enabling Adherence to Treatment (EAT): a pilot study of a combination intervention to improve HIV treatment outcomes among street-connected individuals in western Kenya.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- "If they had a place to live, they would be taking medication": a qualitative study identifying strategies for engaging street-connected young people in the HIV prevention-care continuum in Kenya.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023Article
- Intersectional Stigma and Implementation of HIV Prevention and Treatment Services for Adolescents Living with and at Risk for HIV: Opportunities for Improvement in the HIV Continuum in Sub-Saharan Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- "From Analog to Digital": The Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes of a Positive Parenting Program for Street-Connected Mothers in Kenya.Children and youth services review · 2021Article
- Piloting an evidence-based intervention for HIV prevention among street youth in Eldoret, Kenya.International journal of public health · 2020Article
- Adapting an evidence-based gender, livelihoods, and HIV prevention intervention with street-connected young people in Eldoret, Kenya.Global public health · 2019Article
- A Pilot Study of "Peer Navigators" to Promote Uptake of HIV Testing, Care and Treatment Among Street-Connected Children and Youth in Eldoret, Kenya.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- HIV prevalence in young people and children living on the streets, Kenya.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2019Article
- Causes of death among street-connected children and youth in Eldoret, Kenya.BMC international health and human rights · 2018Article
- 'Pregnancy Has Its Advantages': The Voices of Street Connected Children and Youth in Eldoret, Kenya.PloS one · 2016Article
- "Once you join the streets you will have to do it": sexual practices of street children and youth in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya.Reproductive health · 2015Article
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Abstract
Street-connected youth in Kenya are a population potentially at risk of HIV transmission, yet little is known about their perceptions and experiences of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), despite their living in an HIV endemic region. We sought to elucidate the language and sociocultural factors rooted in street life that impact on street-connected young people's knowledge of and perceptions about the prevention and transmission of STIs, and their diagnosis and treatment, using qualitative methods in western Kenya. We conducted a total of 25 in-depth interviews and 5 focus-group discussions with 65 participants aged 11-24 years in Eldoret, Kenya. Thematic analysis was conducted and data were coded according to themes and patterns emergent until saturation was reached. In general, street-connected young people knew of STIs and some of the common symptoms associated with these infections. However, there were many misconceptions regarding transmission and prevention. Gender inequities were prominent, as the majority of men described women as individuals who spread STIs due to unhygienic practices, urination and multiple partners. Due to misconceptions, gender inequity and lack of access to youth-friendly healthcare there is an urgent need for community-based organisations and healthcare facilities to introduce or augment their adolescent sexual and reproductive health programmes for vulnerable young people.
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