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Differences in perceived risks between girls and boys entering adolescence

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ID15098265
AuthorsKristin Mmari (0000-0003-3087-7105, Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA, corresponding author), Claire Moreau (0000-0002-8637-6249, Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA), Caroline Moreau, Susannah Gibbs (0000-0003-0465-2586, Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA), Sara De Meyer (0000-0001-6101-8819, International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent, Belgium), Kristien Michielsen (0000-0002-4119-6770, International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent, Belgium), Caroline Kabiru (0000-0002-0735-9839, African Population and Health Research Center, APHRC Campus, Nairobi, Kenya), Caroline W Kabiru, Bamidele Bello (0000-0003-0220-7817, Obafemi Awolowo University), Adesegun Fatusi (0000-0002-3893-8024, Obafemi Awolowo University), Chaohua Lou (0000-0001-6467-992X, Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation of NPFPC, SIPPR, IRD, Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Xiayun Zuo (0000-0002-1733-9647, Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation of NPFPC, SIPPR, IRD, Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Chunyan Yu (0000-0002-5550-3823, Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation of NPFPC, SIPPR, IRD, Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Ghada Al-Attar (0000-0002-5881-9065, Assiut University), Ghada S T Al-Attar (Assiut University), Omaima El-Gibaly (0000-0001-8062-9586, Assiut University)
Year2018
Volume20
Issue7
Pages787-798
Publication date2018-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2017.1382718
PMID29043890
OpenAlexW2765911165
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited22

This analysis is based on data from the Global Early Adolescent Study, which aims to understand the factors that predispose young people aged 10-14 years to positive or negative health trajectories. Specifically, interview transcripts from 202 adolescents and 191 parents across six diverse urban sites (Baltimore, Ghent, Nairobi, Ile Ife, Assuit and Shanghai) were analysed to compare the perceived risks associated with entering adolescence and how these risks differed by gender. Findings reveal that in all sites except Ghent, both young people and their parents perceived that girls face greater risks related to their sexual and reproductive health, and because of their sexual development, were perceived to require more protection. In contrast, when boys grow up, they and their parents recognised that their independence broadened, and parents felt that boys were strong enough to protect themselves. This has negative consequences as well, as boys were perceived to be more prone to risks associated with street violence and peer pressure. These differences in perceptions of vulnerability and related mobility are markers of a gender system that separates young women and men's roles, responsibilities and behaviours in ways that widen gender power imbalance with lifelong social and health consequences for people of both sexes

Developmental psychology · Perception · Population · Reproductive health · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology

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