“<i>Whenever I help her, I am also expecting her vagina in return</i>”: a qualitative analysis to explore men’s and adolescent girls’ perceptions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual behaviour and health of adolescent girls in rural w
School closure jeopardised girls' SRH through acute poverty and increased opportunity for sexual exposure. Mitigation methods are needed now to prevent girls bearing the brunt of ensuing societal disruption and acute poverty in future catastrophes. Deeper understanding of men's attitudes and behaviours towards adolescent girls are needed to improve the foundation for working with them to reduce power imbalance and compulsion in sexual interactions with adolescent girls.
Authors
- Elizabeth Nyothach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0904-9081)
- Sophie Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4198-9586)
- Penelope A. Phillips‐Howard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1018-116X)
- Supriya D. Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7926-2489)
- Garazi Zulaika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1452-6225)
- Fredrick Otieno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0823-412X)
- Linda Mason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-9261)
- Enid Awiti
Institutions
- Chicago Department of Public Health (US)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Nyanza Reproductive Health Society (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001214
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.55
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department for International Development
- National Institutes of Health
- Medical Research Council
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development