Citation

Ssewanyana D, van Baar A, Mwangala PN, Newton CR, Abubakar A. Health Psychol Open 2019; 6(1): e2055102919849399.

Affiliation

Aga Khan University, Kenya.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/2055102919849399

PMID

31205735

PMCID

PMC6537266

Abstract

We utilized a socio-ecological model to explore views from 85 young people and 10 local stakeholders on forms and underlying factors for unintentional injury, violence, self-harm, and suicidal behavior of adolescents in Kilifi County, Kenya. Young people took part in 11 focus group discussions, whereas 10 in-depth interviews were conducted with the local stakeholders. Road traffic accidents, falls, fights, sexual and gender-based violence, theft, and vandalism were viewed as common. There was an overlap of risk factors, especially at intra- and interpersonal levels (gender, poverty, substance use, parenting behavior, school drop-out). Some broader-level risk factors were insecure neighborhoods and risky sources of livelihood. Research is needed to quantify burden and to pilot feasible injury prevention interventions in this setting.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescents; injury; socio-ecological; violence