Gendered health, economic, social and safety impact of COVID-19 on adolescents and young adults in Nairobi, Kenya

Background Infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19 and their mitigation measures can exacerbate underlying gender disparities, particularly among adolescents and young adults in densely populated urban settings. Methods An existing cohort of youth ages 16-26 in Nairobi, Kenya completed a phone-ba...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2021-11, Vol.16 (11), p.e0259583, Article 0259583
Hauptverfasser:	Decker, Michele R., Wood, Shannon N., Thiongo, Mary, Byrne, Meagan E., Devoto, Bianca, Morgan, Rosemary, Bevilacqua, Kristin, Williams, Anaise, Stuart, H. Colleen, Wamue-Ngare, Grace, Heise, Lori, Glass, Nancy, Anglewicz, Philip, Gummerson, Elizabeth, Gichangi, Peter
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Access Adolescent Adolescents Adult Adults Aggression Birth control Bivariate analysis Cohort Studies Constraints Contraception Contraception - methods Contraception Behavior - statistics & numerical data Contraceptives Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - prevention & control Cross-Sectional Studies Data collection Demographic aspects Domestic violence Economic aspects Economics Female Gender Gender differences Gender equality Gender relations Gender-based violence Health aspects Health care Health risks Health services Humans Hygiene Impact analysis Infectious diseases Kenya - epidemiology Male Medical technology Medicine and Health Sciences Men Menstruation Menstruation - physiology Mental depression Mental health Methods Mitigation Multidisciplinary Sciences Pandemics Pandemics - prevention & control People and Places Police Police community relations Population Population density Power Privacy Public health Reproductive health Risk perception Safety SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity Science & Technology Science & Technology - Other Topics Sex crimes Sexual assault Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data Signs and symptoms Social aspects Social Sciences Teenagers Urban areas Urban environments Urban Population Violence Viral diseases Women Young Adult Young adults Young women Youth
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Zusammenfassung:	Background Infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19 and their mitigation measures can exacerbate underlying gender disparities, particularly among adolescents and young adults in densely populated urban settings. Methods An existing cohort of youth ages 16-26 in Nairobi, Kenya completed a phone-based survey in August-October 2020 (n = 1217), supplemented by virtual focus group discussions and interviews with youth and stakeholders, to examine economic, health, social, and safety experiences during COVID-19, and gender disparities therein. Results COVID-19 risk perception was high with a gender differential favoring young women (95.5% vs. 84.2%; p
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0259583