Migration and sexual behaviour among youth in Nairobi’s slum areas

Muindi, Kanyiva; Mudege, Netsayi N.; Béguy, Donatien; Mberu, Blessing

doi:10.11564/28-3-617

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“…Inconsistent condom use reported by the female participants could be due to the imbalance of power dynamics and the lack of economic independence of many female immigrant youths, thereby leaving them unable to negotiate safe sex. Inconsistent or lack of condom use among immigrant youths is consistent with findings from previous studies in Sweden, Portugal, and Kenya [33][34][35]. Findings that participants in the age group 25-34 years used condoms inconsistently or engaged in sexual intercourse without condoms is consistent with other studies among immigrants in Kenya and South Africa [11].…”

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Determinants of Information about Sexual Health and High-Risk Sexual Behaviour amongst Migrant Youths in Johannesburg, South Africa

Obisie-Nmehielle

Akinyemi

Machira

et al. 2023

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Sexual health is essential to the complete well-being of every individual, and provision of all-inclusive and superior-quality information about living a healthful sexual life is necessary for everyone in a community, especially for youths. Using data collected in 2019 from 467 male and female immigrant youths between 18 and 34 years of age who resided in a suburb of the inner city of Johannesburg, this secondary analytical study examined the determining factors of sources of information about sexual health, using condoms inconsistently, and engaging in multiple sexual relationships. Binary logistic regression and negative binomial regression models were employed to understand the relationships between explanatory variables and outcome variables. The determinants of the sources of information about sexual health were gender, educational attainment level, wealth index, and age at first sexual intercourse. Gender, age group, marital status, and migration status were the determining factors for inconsistency of condom use. Gender, migration status, marital status, age at first sexual intercourse, and having had sex while drunk were the determinants of engaging in multiple sexual relationships. Avoiding behaviours that expose individuals to sexual risks and the negative consequences of unprotected sexual activity is crucial for youths. This study shows that receiving information about sexual health from informal sources and high-risk sexual behaviour are major public health problems amongst the immigrant youths.

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Determinants of Information about Sexual Health and High-Risk Sexual Behaviour amongst Migrant Youths in Johannesburg, South Africa

Obisie-Nmehielle

Akinyemi

Machira

et al. 2023

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“…They have no insurance and the ones who have are very few who will not be able access if their cards are not paid for. 15 Finally, we heard accounts that many healthcare providers turning away NHIF cards in favor of cash (Muindi et al, 2019), which was confirmed by HCW informant at a maternity dispensary.…”

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“…Issues of healthcare costs and poverty stand as the biggest impediments to care. One study shows that 95% of refugee participants citing costs as a barrier to accessing healthcare (Muindi et al, 2019). Arnold et al (2014) importantly note that, apart from documentation and migrant discrimination, these barriers are also faced by Kenyans who do not have the means to pay for adequate care, which offers clear evidence of the structural inequality of the healthcare system.…”

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Perceptions of health: (dis)integration and (mis)integration of refugees in Nairobi, Kenya

Boeyink,

Metobo,

Wanga

et al. 2024

Front. Hum. Dyn.

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This article utilizes 40 in-depth interviews of healthcare workers (HCWs) including Kenyan nurses, medical doctors, psychologists, pharmacists, refugee NGO officers, and others based in Nairobi who come in professional contact with Congolese and Somali refugees on a regular basis. They were asked to describe barriers to healthcare, care seeking behaviors, and pathways to care that refugees experience. These responses are juxtaposed with 60 life-history interviews, exploring the same topics with Congolese and Somali refugees living in Kawangware and Eastleigh estates. In short, this article argues that refugees and HCWs have a shared understanding of the barriers to healthcare for displaced people, such as poverty, refugee documentation issues, and inadequacy of Nairobi’s healthcare system for marginalized populations. However, there is a significant disconnect in perspectives for how healthcare integration should take place regarding major causes of ill health, such as malnutrition and poor hygiene. Refugees understand oppression as a primary structural determinant of health, whereas many HCWs take an individualized view, advocating for modifications of knowledge and behaviors of refugees rather than adjusting structural issues. This is reflective of larger processes, whereby refugees are actively “(dis)integrated” by state and society and are observed by many Kenyans as “(mis)integrating,” or integrating “wrongly” or “badly,” which has major implications for how to shape possible policy interventions.

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“…Though migration is the least researched component of population change in sub-Saharan Africa, evidence emerging from an urban health and demographic surveillance system in a slum area of Nairobi suggests that there was no significant difference in risky sexual behaviour between migrant and non-migrant youths 15 . Further studies would be required to ascertain the generalizability of this observation.…”

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Review of Sexuality Studies in Africa: Setting a New Post-2015 Research Agenda

Akinyemi

Wet

Odimegwu

2016

Afr J Reprod Health

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At the nexus between reproductive health, population and development is the subject of sexuality which has generated extensive discourse in the past two decades. In this paper, we review Africa sexuality studies published between 1994 and 2015 with the aim of synthesizing the available evidence and suggesting a new research agenda for post-2015. Review findings showed that previous studies covered the five components of sexuality -practices, partners, pleasure/pressure/pain, procreation and power to different extents. Risky sexual behaviour was prevalent from adolescence till older ages. Literature on pleasure, pain, procreation and power reflect the complex diversity driven by traditional norms, gender roles and attitudes across the continent. Knowled ge gaps were highlighted and new agenda suggested for sexuality research. Keywords: sexual behaviour, sexual violence, sexual pleasure/satisfaction, gender roles, socio-cultural norms, sub-Saharan Africa. RésuméAu centre du lien entre la santé de la reproduction, la population et le développement est le sujet de la sexualité qui a suscité un grand discours au cours des deux dernières décennies. Dans cet article, nous passons en revue les études sur la sexualité en Afrique qui ont été publiées entre 1994 et 2015 dans le but de synthétiser les éléments de preuve disponibles et de proposer un nouveau programme de recherche pour l'après-2015. Les résultats de cet examen ont montré que les études précédentes ont porté sur les cinq composantes de la sexualité -des pratiques, des partenaires, le plaisir / la pression / la douleur, la procréation et la puissance à des degrés divers. Le comportement sexuel à risque était très répandu dès l'adolescence jusqu'à un âge plus avancé. La documentation sur le plaisir, la douleur, la procréation et la puissance reflète la diversité complexe soutenue par les normes traditionnelles, les rôles des sexes et les attitudes à travers le continent. Des lacunes dans les connaissances ont été mis es en évidence et un nouvel ordre du jour a été proposé pour la recherche sur la sexualité. (Afr. J Reprod Health 2016; 20[1]: 21-28).

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Migration and sexual behaviour among youth in Nairobi’s slum areas

Abstract: Migration remains an important event in the urbanization process. However, research

Cited by 6 publications

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Determinants of Information about Sexual Health and High-Risk Sexual Behaviour amongst Migrant Youths in Johannesburg, South Africa

Determinants of Information about Sexual Health and High-Risk Sexual Behaviour amongst Migrant Youths in Johannesburg, South Africa

Perceptions of health: (dis)integration and (mis)integration of refugees in Nairobi, Kenya

Review of Sexuality Studies in Africa: Setting a New Post-2015 Research Agenda

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