Family Strengths and Challenges in Kenya

Bibliographic Data

ID11220701
AuthorsJane Rose M Njue (Northern Illinois University), Jane Rose Njue (Northern Illinois University, corresponding author), Dorothy Owino Rombo (University of Minnesota), Lucy W Ngige (0000-0003-1750-1496, Kenyatta University)
Year2007
Volume41
Issue1-2
Pages47-70
Publication date2007-08-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMarriage & Family Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-4929 • E-ISSN: 1540-9635
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j002v41n01_04
OpenAlexW2023798525
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

There are myriad challenges facing Kenyan families today that include: poverty; HIV/AIDS; illiteracy; unemployment and gender inequality; infant, childhood and maternal mortality; and obsolete traditional marriage and family laws. However, the Kenyan family as an institution has survived and stood the test of time. Strong families exist and respond positively and effectively to contemporary challenges. They are cohesive, adaptive, and use communication within the social spheres which provide the context for positive interaction. Strategies that support strong families in Kenya include: promotion of family values; communitarianism in form of familism and collectivism; extended kin and family social system; communal child rearing; care of the elderly, sick, and members with disability; contemporary child and family-friendly legislation; women as sources of family strengths; combating and adapting to HIV/AIDS; poverty eradication; and religion

Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Extended family · Functional illiteracy · Geography · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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