Characterizing street-connected children and youths' social and health inequities in Kenya: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Street-connected children and youth (SCY) in Kenya disproportionately experience preventable morbidities and premature mortality. We theorize these health inequities are socially produced and result from systemic discrimination and a lack of human rights attainment. Therefore, we sought to identify and understand how SCY's social and health inequities in Kenya are produced, maintained, and shaped by structural and social determinants of health using the WHO conceptual framework on social determinants of health (SDH) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) General Comment no. 17.

Methods

This qualitative study was conducted from May 2017 to September 2018 using multiple methods including focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, archival review of n

SUBMITTER: Embleton L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7455900 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature