Exploring patient-provider interactions and the health system's responsiveness to street-connected children and youth in Kenya: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Kenya, street-connected children and youth (SCY) have poor health outcomes and die prematurely due to preventable causes. This suggests they are not accessing or receiving adequately responsive healthcare to prevent morbidity and mortality. We sought to gain insight into the health systems responsiveness to SCY in Kenya through an in-depth exploration of SCY's and healthcare provider's reflections on their interactions with each other.

Methods

This qualitative study was conducted across 5 counties in western Kenya between May 2017 and September 2018 using multiple methods to explore and describe the public perceptions of, and proposed and existing responses to, the phenomenon of SCY in Kenya. The present analysis focuses on a subset of data from focus group dis

SUBMITTER: Lonnie E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8056657 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature