Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Subject "Adolescents"
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Assessing acceptability of parents/guardians of adolescents towards introduction of sex and reproductive health education in schools at Kinondoni Municipal in Dar es Salaam city.
(Public Health & Epidemiology University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-04)The article is about whether youth education on condom use is seen by parents/guardians as promoting promiscuity" This confiicts with the parents'/guardians' desire to protect them from HIV infection. This study confirms ... -
HIV infection and sexual partnerships and behaviour among adolescent girls in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Obstetrics and GynaecologyDepartment of Paediatrics, 2012)Early sexual partnerships place young women in sub-Saharan Africa at high risk for HIV. Few studies have examined both individual- and partnership-level characteristics of sexual relationships among adolescent girls. A ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among HIV-infected children and adolescents in a resource-poor Kenyan urban community
(2012)The course of HIV / AIDS in children has been transformed from an acute to a chronic one with the advent of Anti-Retroviral Therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric morbidity ... -
Source of oral health motivation, attitudes and practices in adolescents 12-13 years old in Nairobi
(2009)The aim of the study was to determine the sources of oral health motivation, attitudes and practices of adolescents. A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among 12-13 year olds in a primary school in Nairobi, ... -
Trends, treatment outcomes, and determinants for attrition among adult patients in care at a large tertiary HIV clinic in Nairobi, Kenya: a 2004-2015 retrospective cohort study.
(2018-06-29)BACKGROUND: Understanding trends in patient profiles and identifying predictors for adverse outcomes are key to improving the effectiveness of HIV care and treatment programs. Previous work in Kenya has documented findings ...