Health risk behavior among adolescents in Kenia
Health risk behavior among adolescents and its association with executive functioning in the context of HIV
Main aim: to describe the health risk behavior profiles among adolescents and the association of such behavior with executive functioning in the context of HIV.
Specifically, this study sets out to address 3 objectives:
- Validate measures for health risk behavior for use with adolescents in Kilifi
- Describe health risk behavior profiles among perinatally HIV infected, HIV-exposed-uninfected, and HIV-unexposed-uninfected adolescents in Kilifi
- Investigate potential association between health risk behavior and the adolescents’ executive functioning (EF) profiles among perinatally HIV infected, HIV-exposed-uninfected, and HIV-unexposed-uninfected adolescents in Kilifi.
Researchers
Derrick Ssewanyana, PhD research Student
Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), P.O Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
Utrecht Centre for Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, P.O Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Amina Abubakar, PhD, Associate Professor (Director of Studies and Co-Promoter)
Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), P.O Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
Department of Public Health, Pwani University, P.O Box 195, Kilifi, Kenya
Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Charles R. Newton, MD, Professor (Co-promoter)
Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), P.O Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Department of Public Health, Pwani University, P.O Box 195, Kilifi,
Anneloes van Baar, Professor. Dr, (Promotor)
Utrecht Centre for Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, P.O Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands