title: Multiple transitions and HIV risk among orphaned Kenyan schoolgirls.
abstract: Why are orphaned girls at particular risk of acquiring HIV infection? Using a transition-to-adulthood framework, this study employs qualitative data from Nyanza Province, Kenya, to explore pathways to HIV risk among orphaned and nonorphaned high-school girls. It shows how simultaneous processes such as leaving their parental home, negotiating financial access, and relationship transitions interact to produce disproportionate risk for orphaned girls. The role of financial provision and parental love in modifying girls' trajectories to risk are also explored. A testable theoretical model is proposed based on the qualitative findings, and policy implications are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 219 Ketchum Hall, 327 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. sanyu.mojola@colorado.edu
authors.forename: Sanyu A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mojola
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D054540:Child, Orphaned / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007630:Kenya; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012574:Schools; D012649:Self Concept; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students; D055815:Young Adult