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Hunger and food insecurity in Nairobi’s slums: an assessment using IRT models
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011Although linked to poverty as conditions reflecting inadequate access to resources to obtain food, issues such as hunger and food insecurity have seldom been recognised as important in urban settings. Overall, little is known about the prevalence and magnitude of hunger and food insecurity in most cities.DocumentIn their own words: assessment of satisfaction with residential location among migrants in Nairobi slums
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011Using qualitative data collected from a sample of rural-urban migrants over the age of 15 in two Nairobi slums interviewed in 2008, this paper discusses the migrants’ extent of satisfaction with their residential location and decision to migrate.DocumentMenstrual pattern, sexual behaviors, and contraceptive use among postpartum women in Nairobi urban slums
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011Postpartum months provide a challenging period for poor women. This study examined patterns of menstrual resumption, sexual behaviors and contraceptive use among urban poor postpartum women. Women were eligible for this study if they had a birth after the period September 2006 and were residents of two Nairobi slums of Korogocho and Viwandani.DocumentMonitoring of health and demographic outcomes in poor urban settlements: evidence from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011The Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS) was set up in Korogocho and Viwandani slum settlements to provide a platform for investigating linkages between urban poverty, health, and demographic and other socioeconomic outcomes, and to facilitate the evaluation of interventions to improve the wellbeing of the urban poor.DocumentTiming and sequencing of events marking the transition to adulthood in two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011Young people living in poor urban informal settlements face unique challenges as they transition to adulthood.DocumentCircular migration patterns and determinants in Nairobi slum settlements
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010This paper measures migration flows and determinants in two slum settlements in Nairobi City between 2003 and 2007. The results confirm the high intensity of migration with a quarter of the total slum population and a third of those aged 15-30 being renewed annually.DocumentThe health and well-being of older people in Nairobi’s slums
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010Globally, it is estimated that people aged 60 and over constitute more than 11% of the population, with the corresponding proportion in developing countries being 8%. Rapid urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), fuelled in part by rural urban migration and a devastating HIV/AIDS epidemic, has altered the status of older people in many SSA societies.DocumentOverview of migration, poverty and health dynamics in Nairobi City's slum settlements
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011The Urbanization, Poverty, and Health Dynamics research program was designed to generate and provide the evidence base that would help governments, development partners, and other stakeholders understand how the urban slum context affects health outcomes in order to stimulate policy and action for uplifting the wellbeing of slum residents.DocumentPatterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life for optimal growth, development and health. Breastfeeding should continue up to two years or more and nutritionally adequate, safe, and appropriately-fed complementary foods should be introduced at the age of six months to meet the evolving needs of the growing infant.DocumentPerceived quality of and access to care among poor urban women in Kenya and their utilization of delivery care: harnessing the potential of private clinics?
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011This paper uses data from a maternal health study carried out in 2006 in two slums of Nairobi, Kenya, to: describe perceptions of access to and quality of care among women living in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya; quantify the effects of women’s perceived quality of, and access to, care on the utilisation of delivery services; and draw policy implications regarding the delivery ofPages