@article{6f07f0335f3b43deb2e53cbba2e35e4e,
title = "Young people{\textquoteright}s and stakeholders{\textquoteright} perspectives of adolescent sexual risk behavior in Kilifi County, Kenya: A qualitative study",
abstract = "A lack of research exists around the most common forms of sexual risk behaviors among adolescents, including their underlying factors, in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using an Ecological Model of Adolescent Behavior, we explore the perceptions of 85 young people and 10 stakeholders on sexual risk behavior of adolescents in Kilifi County on the coast of Kenya. Our findings show that transactional sex, early sexual debut, coerced sex, and multiple sexual partnerships are prevalent. An urgent need exists to develop measures to counter sexual risk behaviors. The results contribute to understanding the range of risks and protective factors in differing contexts, tackling underlying issues at individual, family, local institutional, wider socio-economic, and political levels.",
keywords = "adolescence, qualitative methods, risk factors, sexual behavior, youth",
author = "Derrick Ssewanyana and Mwangala, {Patrick N.} and Vicki Marsh and Irene Jao and {van Baar}, Anneloes and Newton, {Charles R.} and Amina Abubakar",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders (IDeAL) Wellcome Trust award (Grant number: 107769/Z/15/Z) to D.S. as a PhD fellowship and the Medical Research Council (Grant number: MR/ M025454/1) to A.A. The MRC award to A.A. is jointly funded by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) under MRC/DFID Concordant agreement and is also part of the EDCTP2 program supported by the European Union. The funding bodies do not have any role in the design of this study, collection, analysis, interpretation, and writing of this manuscript. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2017.",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1359105317736783",
language = "English",
volume = "23",
pages = "188--205",
journal = "Journal of Health Psychology",
issn = "1359-1053",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "2",
}