Sexual risk-taking in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993-98

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4266943
AutoresEliya M Zulu (0000-0002-8680-4311, African Population and Health Research Center), F Nii-Amoo Dodoo (Institute of Criminology), Alex Chika-Ezeh, Alex Ezeh (0000-0002-1309-4697, African Population and Health Research Center)
Año2002
Volumen56
Número3
Páginas311-323
Fecha de publicación2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324720215933
PMID12553329
OpenAlexW2005412243
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas75
Referencias citadas27

Relatively less attention has been paid to reproductive health problems facing deprived urban residents than to those facing rural residents in the sub-Saharan Africa. This is probably because the majority of Africans live in rural areas, where they are presumed to have poorer medical, educational, and other social services. Yet, the unprecedented rate of urbanization and the accompanying disproportionate growth in the proportion of poor city residents pose new challenges for health care in the region. This study examines differences in sexual behaviour between slum residents and non-slum residents in Nairobi city. The results show that slum residents start sexual intercourse at earlier ages, have more sexual partners, and are less likely than other city residents to know of or adopt preventive measures against contracting HIV/AIDS. The findings highlight the need to treat slum residents as a sub-population uniquely vulnerable to reproductive health problems and to expend more resources in slum settings

Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Population · Reproductive health · Rural area · Sexual intercourse · Slum · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Urbanization · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare