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  HIV/AIDS among youth in urban informal (slum) settlements in Kenya: what are the correlates of and motivations for HIV testing?

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011

  Although HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is widely considered an integral component of HIV prevention and treatment strategies, few studies have examined HCT behavior among youth in sub-Saharan Africa - a group at substantial risk for HIV infection.
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  Timing and sequencing of events marking the transition to adulthood in two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011

  Young people living in poor urban informal settlements face unique challenges as they transition to adulthood.
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  Self-reported drunkenness among adolescents in four sub-Saharan African countries: associations with adverse childhood experiences

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010

  Consumption of alcohol is associated with acute and chronic adverse health outcomes. There is a paucity of studies that explore the determinants of alcohol use among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa and, in particular, that examine the effects of adverse childhood experiences on alcohol use.
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  The correlates of HIV testing and impacts on sexual behavior: evidence from a life history study of young people in Kisumu, Kenya

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010

  HIV counseling and testing is considered an important component of HIV preven
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  Predictors of adolescent weight status and central obesity in rural South Africa

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011

  In South Africa, high levels of overweight/obesity have been documented among adults. There is also some evidence of high levels of overweight/obesity in children and adolescents.
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  Epidemiological studies of the ‘non-specific effects’ of vaccines: I – data collection in observational studies

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009

  Routine vaccination programmes have led to substantial declines in the incidence of most of the target diseases. In these circumstances, vaccine effects beyond those on the target diseases may become evident.
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  Epidemiological studies of the non-specific effects of vaccines: II – methodological issues in the design and analysis of cohort studies

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009

  Much of the controversy surrounding the impact of routine immunizations on childhood survival, particularly the putative increased mortality after DTP immunization, has focused on methodological issues.
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  Male youth and voluntary counseling and HIV-Testing (VCT): the case of Uganda and Malawi

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009

  Voluntary Counseling and HIV-Testing (VCT) is defined as a process by which an individual undergoes counseling, enabling him or her to make an informed choice about being tested.
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  Protection before the harm: the case of condom use at the onset of premarital sexual relationship among youths in Nigeria

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008

  Condom protection has been linked to HIV decline, but the goal to prevent infections before any harm informs this focus on condom use at premarital sexual debut. This study builds on the proposition that condom use at first intercourse is an immediate indicator of the risks associated with the encounter and the propensity of subsequent condom use consistently and regularly.
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  Child growth in urban deprived settings: does household poverty status matter? At which stage of child development?

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012

  This paper uses longitudinal data from two informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya to examine patterns of child growth and how these are affected by four different dimensions of poverty at the household level namely, expenditures poverty, assets poverty, food poverty, and subjective poverty.

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