TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Self-assessed health status and morbidity experiences of teenagers in Nairobi's low income settings
JO  - African population studies
A1  - Obare, F
SP  - 3
EP  - 20
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
N2  - This study uses data from a slum survey in Nairobi, Kenya, to examine the factors associated with self-assessed health status among 1,654 teenage boys and girls. Analysis involved logistic regression and multilevel models. The results show: 1) a significant but non-linear association between prior morbidity experiences and self-assessed health; 2) gender differences in self-assessed health status with female teenagers being more inclusive in their assessment of health status than male teenagers; 3) that the absence of the father was significantly associated with lower likelihood of reporting good health for male teenagers; for female teenagers, it was the absence of the mother; and, 4) that female teenagers who had experienced physical abuse were less likely to report good health compared to those who did not. These findings suggest a need for adolescent health interventions to not only target all aspects of health but also take the gender dimensions into account.
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SN  - 0850-5780
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -