Barriers and Facilitators to Health Behaviour Change and Economic Activity among Slum-Dwelling Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Nairobi, Kenya: The Role of Social, Health and Economic Assets

Autor/inn/en	Austrian, Karen; Anderson, Althea D.
Titel	Barriers and Facilitators to Health Behaviour Change and Economic Activity among Slum-Dwelling Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Nairobi, Kenya: The Role of Social, Health and Economic Assets
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 15 (2015) 1, S.64-77 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
DOI	10.1080/14681811.2014.947364
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Females; Slums; Sexuality; Health Behavior; Behavior Change; Guidelines; Focus Groups; Interviews; Young Adults; Economic Factors; Social Networks; Self Esteem; Money Management; Health Education; Parent Child Relationship; Interpersonal Relationship; Barriers; Peer Influence; Role Models; Social Capital; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Weibliches Geschlecht; Slum; Sexualität; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Richtlinien; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Ökonomischer Faktor; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Identifikationsfigur; Sozialkapital; Kenia
Abstract	Adolescent girls and young women in urban slum areas in developing countries face a myriad of challenges regarding education, sexual health, livelihoods and gender-based violence. One way of understanding how these challenges interact with each other is through the Asset Building Framework, which posits that girls need a combination of social, health and economic assets in order to make a healthy transition from childhood to adulthood. This study sought to examine barriers and facilitators to health behaviour change and economic activity for girls within the context of this framework. It involved a combination of focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with 128 young women who were in the age range of 18-25 years, living in various slums in Nairobi, Kenya. We found that economic assets reduce young women's dependence on others (especially parents and relationships with men) so that they are able to make positive changes in health behaviour. Social networks, self-esteem and financial literacy all played important roles in positively positioning girls to make the transition to economic activity safely and successfully. We suggest that programmes that seek to improve girls' and young women's health behaviour or economic activity include elements of asset building within all three categories of assets. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10