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Sexual Behavior Among Young Carers in the Context of a Kenyan Empowerment Program Combining Cash-Transfer, Psychosocial Support, and Entrepreneurship

This study examined associations between sexual initiation, unprotected sex, and having multiple sex partners in the past year with participation in a three-year empowerment program targeting orphan and vulnerable children (OVC). A Kenya-based program combines community-conditioned cash transfer, psychosocial empowerment, health education, and microenterprise development.

Author(s): 
Michael L. Goodman, Beatrice J. Selwyn, Robert O. Morgan, Linda E. Llloyd, Moses Mwongera, Stanley Gitari & Philip H. Keiser
Year of Publication: 
2015
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Resource Type: 
Journal article - open access
Language: 
English
Section: 
Resource Database