‘Most of the Youth Are Drinking Because They Have Nothing to Do’: How Idle Time Facilitates Adolescent Alcohol Use in Urban Tanzania

Carney, Allison; Kaaya, Sylvia; Kajula, Lusajo; Ibitoye, Mobolaji; Marwerwe, Graca; Sommer, Marni

doi:10.1080/1067828x.2021.1888169

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“…This included many boys no longer living with parents or guardians, resulting in more opportunities for high-risk activities such as drinking alcohol or unsafe sex. A study conducted with adolescents aged 15 and older in urban Tanzania similarly identified reduced supervision of post-pubescent boys as a key factor increasing their vulnerability to engaging in the uptake of alcohol and other substances ( 49 ).…”

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“When I woke up I was so worried and ashamed, I thought it was a disease”: Adolescent boys’ transitions through puberty in Kenya

Carney

Mulei

Kurao

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Front. Reprod. Health

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Growing evidence suggests a need for more focused attention on boys’ experiences of puberty in sub-Saharan Africa to assure healthy transitions into young adulthood. Existing research remains limited on the masculinity norms shaping boys’ maturation experiences in Kenya. To help fill this gap, we conducted a comparative case study using qualitative methodologies with 16–19-year-old male youth in rural and urban Kenya, and with adults interacting in boys’ daily lives. Findings suggest that Kenyan boys experience shame, confusion and silence around changes happening in their bodies; face pressures from new societal expectations as they become young men; and have adolescent lives shaped by minimal supervision, increased peer pressures and engagement in more risky health behaviors. Additional research and targeted interventions on boys transitioning through puberty and early adolescence are needed to better understand their vulnerabilities and prevent or reduce their engagement in unsafe behaviors.

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“When I woke up I was so worried and ashamed, I thought it was a disease”: Adolescent boys’ transitions through puberty in Kenya

Carney

Mulei

Kurao

et al. 2022

Front. Reprod. Health

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“…Children who are not attending school are more likely to engage in a poor lifestyle and are prone to be exposed to abuse and use illicit drugs [36]. According to UNICEF report on the global initiative on out of school children in-North-Eastern African, countries such as South Sudan, and in East African countries such as Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda indicate that the problem of drug addiction and school dropout have slightly decreased in the past decade due to various measures aligned with Sustainable Developmental Goals number (03) [36][37][38][39][40][41]. Yet, this is a problem in some countries from ASIA and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa due to factors associated with children's involvement in childhood labor which is more likely to expose them to adversities and antisocial behavior.…”

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Instruments to identify risk factors associated with adverse childhood experiences for vulnerable children in primary care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

Mwashala

Saikia

Chamberlain

2022

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Vulnerable children exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are lacking visibility in healthcare and social welfare support systems, particularly in countries where there are delays in integrating biopsychosocial care into traditional medical care. This review seeks to identify, evaluate, and summarise existing screening instruments used in measuring risks factors related to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in vulnerable children in Primary Health Care (PHC) settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The target population in this research is children from age (05–18 years) living in poverty and extreme social disadvantage. First, a systematic review was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach. A mixed-methods narrative synthesis analyzed the studies and instruments used to assess vulnerable children exposed to ACEs. Each instrument was scrutinized for quality, validity, and feasibility for use with vulnerable children in frontline clinical settings. There is a lack of suitable risk assessment instruments to identify biopsychosocial risk factors from exposure to ACEs in vulnerable children in LMIC primary healthcare settings. Among nine identified instruments from the reviewed studies, none were found suitable for rapidly identifying the effects of ACEs. This was due to issues on the reviewed instruments which could hinder their application in the rapid screening of ACEs in frontline clinical settings. This included the, retrospective nature of the instruments, decisional capacity of the rater, institutional capacity in implementation of the instruments and instruments capacity to assess individual risk factors in biopsychosocial dimensions. Therefore, currently, there is lack of instruments that can be used to identify biopsychosocial risk factors of ACEs in vulnerable children in primary care in limited-resource settings. Further development of an instrument for the rapid identification of ACEs in vulnerable children is required for an early recognition and referred for preventive care, treatment, and social support services.

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War, school dropout and adolescent motherhood in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: evidence from the 2007 and 2013/2014 Demographic and Health Surveys

Mugisho

2024

J Pop Research

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‘Most of the Youth Are Drinking Because They Have Nothing to Do’: How Idle Time Facilitates Adolescent Alcohol Use in Urban Tanzania

Cited by 5 publications

References 44 publications

“When I woke up I was so worried and ashamed, I thought it was a disease”: Adolescent boys’ transitions through puberty in Kenya

“When I woke up I was so worried and ashamed, I thought it was a disease”: Adolescent boys’ transitions through puberty in Kenya

Instruments to identify risk factors associated with adverse childhood experiences for vulnerable children in primary care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

War, school dropout and adolescent motherhood in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: evidence from the 2007 and 2013/2014 Demographic and Health Surveys

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