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Multiple Transitions and HIV Risk among Orphaned Kenyan Schoolgirls
Author(s) -
Mojola Sanyu A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
studies in family planning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1728-4465
pISSN - 0039-3665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2011.00262.x
Subject(s) - kenya , negotiation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , qualitative research , population , qualitative property , developing country , psychology , developmental psychology , demography , demographic economics , economic growth , sociology , medicine , political science , economics , family medicine , social science , law , machine learning , computer science
Why are orphaned girls at particular risk of acquiring HIV infection? Using a transition‐to‐adulthood framework, this study employs qualitative data from Nyanza Province, Kenya, to explore pathways to HIV risk among orphaned and nonorphaned high‐school girls. It shows how simultaneous processes such as leaving their parental home, negotiating financial access, and relationship transitions interact to produce disproportionate risk for orphaned girls. The role of financial provision and parental love in modifying girls' trajectories to risk are also explored. A testable theoretical model is proposed based on the qualitative findings, and policy implications are suggested.