The Wellbeing of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments: a five-city study of slum dwelling youth Background Young Health Programme: designed to help young people in need around the world deal with the health issues they face so they can improve their chances of living a better life • Includes work on the ground, research and advocacy • Partnership 2 WAVE : Study Aims • Describe the health challenges of teens in very vulnerable communities within 5 cities: Baltimore Ibadan New Delhi Johannesburg Shanghai • Examine factors influencing health, including physical and social environment, • Compare results across sites 3 Collaborating Organizations • Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research (China) • Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (South Africa) • Population Council (India) • Center for Population and Reproductive Health, University College Hospital (Nigeria) • Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins 4 Target Population • Youth ages 15-19 in very low-income urban neighborhoods: – youth in and out of school – youth in households and unstably housed/ homeless – Shanghai site: only included migrant youth 5 Well-being Capital Hygiene Physical Substance Use Human Roadmaps to Realistic Aspirations Physical Safety Agency Opportunities Financial Nutrition Social Mental Health Cultural Sexual and Reproductive Health Sense of Civic Responsibility Phases of the Study Phase 1: Qualitative examination of the perspectives of youth and knowledgeable adults Field Period: 2011-2012 Phase 2: Respondent Driven Sample Survey to test results and themes emerging from the qualitative phase Field Period 2013 7 Phase #1: Data Collection at Each Site: Collecting Data about Adolescents • Walking and mapping the area • Conducting approximately 20 key informant interviews with providers and directors of youth servicing organizations Phase #1: Data Collection at Each Site: Collecting Data with Adolescents • Photovoice to document health issues (n=10) • Community mapping activity to document perspectives of resources in community (8 groups) • Focus groups to identify shared views of needs and resources (8 groups) • In-depth interviews to obtain their personal perspectives and experiences (n=20) Qualitative Findings Kristin Mmari Cross-site Analysis Baltimore, Shanghai, Johannesburg, Delhi, & Ibadan: All interviews were recorded, transcribed, and translated Transcripts were imported into Atlas.TI (version 7) for analysis Initial code list tested across sites, feedback was incorporated into final code list After coding was completed, HUs were sent to Baltimore Matrices of themes were developed to analyze for patterns across sites Key Phase #1 Findings Kristin Mmari What Are the Top Health Concerns among Adolescents? Across sites, there was a general consensus: For adolescent girls: sexual and reproductive health problems are prominent For adolescent boys: tobacco, drug and alcohol consumption was a huge problem, which further led to violence In Shanghai, smoking was the biggest problem among boys; whereas in the other sites, drugs and alcohol were more prevalent Selected Quotes about Sexual and Reproductive Health “Oh my gosh, at my school, half of the girls in my school are pregnant or already have a baby or about to have another one. Everybody is pregnant” (IDI, Baltimore female adolescent)” “A lot of the girls suffer from gynecology related health problems. In fact, my menstruation is not normal…Now, a lot of women have uterine fibroids and people will die of this disease.” (IDI, Shanghai female adolescent) Selected Quotes about Drugs and Violence “You see alcohol everywhere. When you go by the corner, there is a tavern, and when you turn, there is a tavern. When you turn around, there is someone selling dagga (marijuana) and you would think they are selling sweets and samba chips.” (IDI Johannesburg male adolescent,) “Here, young people consume too much of intoxicants. There is one child of 8-9 years old and he smokes cigarettes and eats Gutkha because he stays with big youngsters, and his parents don’t pay any attention to him.. Here, there are many children of that kind here.” (Key informant interview, Delhi) Perception of Safety Particularly in Baltimore, Johannesburg, and Delhi – In Baltimore and Johannesburg, adolescents didn’t feel safe even in their homes What would you say are your most pressing problems? (Interviewer) I think being in Hillbrow, because I don’t feel safe anymore (adolescent) What makes you feel not safe? (Interviewer) The thing is that where we stay you will hear a person screaming from being beaten up in the middle of the night and there are also break-ins (adolescent) The Physical Environment Compromises Health at all Sites All these neighborhoods, all these alleys. Some have all these big rats going around in people’s trash. It’s nasty. Then, there’s the vacant houses, and you’ve got houses that are right next to these vacant homes. And, so what is the health department doing? Nothing. And, then, there’s people staying in these vacant houses.. And, then you’ve got drug needles on the ground. (IDI, Baltimore male adolescent) In order to have an healthy community you have to have neighbors who are willing to do something about it. By: Brittany McAdams People living around this very dirty environment may contact diseases and they can’t have good, clean fresh air to breath. Wale Adeshina (18) Ibadan The Social Environment Matters for Health In Baltimore and Johannesburg, the social environment was limited and characterized as adolescents growing up without parents or parental/adult guidance In Shanghai, it depended on the type of migrant group In Delhi and Ibadan, it depended more on gender Broken Families and Lack of Guidance are Common In Baltimore and Johannesburg (Hillbrow): it is common for adolescents to live without one or more both parents raising themselves: A lot of the parents is out here on drugs. So, the kids are being raised by themselves. Foster kid system is worse, because they [foster parents] are just in it for the money. They don’t help. And the social workers – they just give up on the kids, because the kids don’t care, like they have nothing to live for. That’s because their parents had ruined their lives, and their parents’ parents ruined their lives, so it’s a big cycle going on, and it’s like: who are we to blame? (IDI, Baltimore female adolescent) In Shanghai: Type of Migrant Matters Street vendor children live in poorer communities, are most vulnerable are most likely to experience discrimination by local residents: The Shanghainese parents are most different from these migrants.’ They watch their children relatively tighter. Because of the bad conditions of the migrant population, the parents leave home very early for work, so many of the migrant children end up doing a lot of the household work themselves. (Key informant, Shanghai) New Delhi and Ibadan: Females were “Overprotected” and Restricted to Homes In New Delhi: parents want to prepare girls for marriage: “The boys get full freedom and they can go anywhere – they can roam and do anything they desire. But the girls can’t be given this full freedom, because if anything were to happen to them, it would defame the family…” (Key informant, Delhi) In Ibadan, girls are just perceived to be weaker and needing more protection: “To be a boy in Yemetu, you know, a boy can go anywhere, where they like at Yemetu, but girls have some particular places they must not go to. So girls are not really free at Yemetu because of guys”.(Male adolescent) Linking Environments to Health: Baltimore and Johannesburg Girls – unsafe sexual behaviors and outcomes • Physical environment: the lack of recreation facilities & vacant housing • Social environment: lack of positive adult relationships and general mistrust of adults • Health services: Lack of trust echoed in mistrust of health care providers Boys – drugs and violence • Physical environment: garbage & vacant homes • Social environment: lack of positive adult relationships, sibling behaviors; peers • Health services: mistrust and perception that one is ‘weak’ Linkages…. New Delhi and Ibadan: – Overall – better sense of health – Girls’ restriction and lack of safety contributed to embarrassment/shyness for seeking care – Boys’ drug and alcohol use discussed more in relation to the physical environment (dirtiness and presence of liquor shops) Shanghai: – Similar to New Delhi and Ibadan – better sense of health – Type of migrant seemed to matter – Boy’s smoking was one of the most discussed health problems – to relieve pressure Phase 2 RDS Methodology and Social Capital Preliminary Findings Beth Marshall Methods Respondent Driven Sampling • Chain referral method for hidden populations for which no sampling frame exists • Primarily used for high-risk groups RDS advantages over other chain referral method • Controlled recruitment • Records information about respondents’ networks 27 Implementation Procedures informed by qualitative phase – Readiness of youth to recruit their peers – Relevant characteristics for seeds – Where to conduct data collection Recruitment starts with seeds, selected nonrandomly, each seed can recruit up to 3 recruits, facilitated by a coupon 28 Seeds: Baltimore ID Gender Age Race School Zip code 1 M 15 AA In school 21213 2 M 18 AA Graduate 21202 7 M 15 AA In School 70 F 18 AA Graduate 21224 78 F 18 AA In School 144 F 17 AA Graduate 21205 537 M 15 H In School 21205 21202 21231 Example of recruitment chain: Baltimore 30 Did We Reach Youth that are Missed in Household and School-based Methods? 70 Baltimore 60 Delhi 50 Ibadan 40 Shanghai 30 Johannesburg 20 10 0 Unstably housed Age 16, out of school Chronic school absenteeism 31 Social Capital and Adolescents • Compare and contrast levels of social capital across these domains in five diverse urban settings • Examine group membership associations with self report measures of social capital Family Social Capital by Gender 12 10.1 10 8.8 8 9 8.6 8.5 7.1 7.5 9.2 8.6 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.3 7.6 6.8 6.7 7.7 7.6 6.6 6.7 6 4 2 0 BALTIMORE DELHI Caring Adult Female IBADAN J'BURG Caring Adult Male SHANGHAI School Social Capital by Gender 18 16 14 13.4 12.3 12 12.3 11.4 11.4 11.2 10 8 6 4 2 0 0 BALTIMORE DELHI 0 IBADAN 0 J'BURG 0 SHANGHAI Social Capital – Quality Peers by Gender 18 16 15.1 14.9 14.7 13.6 13.6 14 13.2 13.8 14.9 15.2 13.1 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 BALTIMORE DELHI IBADAN J'BURG SHANGHAI 40 Social Capital – Peer Density by Gender 35.3 35 32.6 30 25 20 14.5 15 13.8 13.5 11.2 10.3 10.2 10 6.9 6.9 5 0 2.6 3.5 12.8 6.4 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.3 1.5 1.6 10.2 7 5.3 5.2 4.5 4.8 2 2 1.9 1.7 0 0 1 2 Baltimore 3 Delhi 4 Ibadan 5 J’Burg 6 Shanghai Neighborhood Social Capital – Community Cohesion and Connection to Neighborhood by Gender 9 8 7.4 7 7 6.9 6.3 6 5.6 5.9 5.9 7.1 6.1 6 6.3 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.2 5 4.7 4.4 3.8 4 4 3.8 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 Baltimore 3 Delhi 4 Ibadan 5 J’Burg 6 Shanghai Associations of Social Capital and School Enrollment BALTIMORE β (CI) DELHI β (CI) IBADAN β (CI) J'BURG β (CI) SHANGHAI β (CI) 500 449 496 438 0.08(-.83, 0.98) 0.53(-1.05, 2.10) -0.39(-1.05, 0.27) 0.66**(0.22,1.11) 2.89**(1.5,4.27) 0.21(-0.55,0.96) 0.70(-0.74, 2.15) -0.33(-1.29,0.62) 0.88**(0.28,1.47) 2.63***(1.97,3.3) -0.26(-0.89,0.35) 0.83(-0.34,1.99) Quality Peers .07(-0.71,0.84) -0.23(-1.52,1.05) Density Peers 0.43(-1.07,1.92) 0.53 (-0.10,1.15) -0.64*(-1.28,-0.003) 0.11(-0.47,0.70) N 456 School Enrollment (reference is not enrolled) FAMILY Caring Adult Female Caring Adult Male SCHOOL Caring Adults in School 1.06**(0.39,1.72) PEERS -0.27(-1.32,0.78) -0.41(-1.23,0.41) 0.84*(0.009,1.68) -0.009(-0.59,0.57) NEIGHBORHOOD Community Cohesion 1.04***(0.44,1.63) 0.42***(0.22,0.62) 0.17(-0.38,0.72) -0.07(-0.45,0.31) 0.16(-0.26,0.26) Connection to Neighborhood 0.81*(0.10,1.51) 0.09(-0.48,0.67) -0.48 (-0.99,0.03) 0.45*(0.15,0.74) 0.40(-0.39,1.19) Associations of Social Capital and Family BALTIMORE β (CI) N 456 DELHI β (CI) 500 IBADAN β (CI) 449 J'BURG β (CI) 496 SHANGHAI β (CI) 438 Family Structure – Raised by One Parent (reference is two parents) FAMILY Caring Adult Female Caring Adult Male -0.26(-1.36, 0.84) 0.69(-0.73, 2.12) -2.74***(-3.31,-2.18) -0.16(-1.31,0.98) - 0.74(-2.19, 0.72) -0.29(-0.83,0.25) -0.01(-0.49,0.46) -0.71(-1.70,0.27) -1.29*(-2.41,0.16) -2.34***(-2.65,-2.02) SCHOOL Caring Adults in School PEERS -0.19(-1.10,0.71) Quality Peers -1.24**(-2.17,-0.31) 2.2***(1.44,3.02) -0.12(-1.48,1.23) -0.22(-0.61,0.17) Density Peers -0.13(-1.45,1.19) 0.42(-1.23,2.07) 0.20(-0.51,0.91) 0.08(-0.55,0.71) -1.15***(-1.28,-1.03) -0.003(-1.76,1.75) -0.33(-1.57,0.92) -1.15***(-1.74,-0.56) -0.24(-0.82,0.34) -0.31(-1.44,0.81) -1.18(-2.67,0.31) -0.45 (-0.95,0.06) 1.99*(0.99,3.00) -1.30*(-2.34,-0.26) 1.82***1.72,1.94) NEIGHBORHOOD Community Cohesion Connection to Neighborhood -1.51***(-1.82,-1.21) -0.21(-1.07,0.66) -1.52***(-2.0,-1.02) Associations of Social Capital and Family BALTIMORE β (CI) DELHI β (CI) IBADAN β (CI) J'BURG β (CI) 500 449 N 456 496 Family Structure – Raised by Other Relatives on Non-relatives (reference is two parents) SHANGHAI β (CI) 438 FAMILY Caring Adult Female Caring Adult Male -1.31***(-1.90,-0.72) -1.51**(-2.22,-0.81) -0.95*(-1.85,-0.05) -1.0***(-1.35,-0.67) -1.15*(-1.85,-0.4) -2.39***(-3.31,-1.48) -1.55*(-2.64,-0.45) -0.64*(-1.21,0.06) -0.71(-1.70,0.27) -1.49***(-1.87,-1.11) SCHOOL Caring Adults in School PEERS Quality Peers Density Peers -0.33(-0.75,0.10) 1.07*(0.16,1.97) -0.41(-1.0,0.17) -0.64**(-1.19,-0.87) -0.11(-0.33,0.11) -0.36(-1.51, 0.79) -0.19(-0.52,0.15) -0.18(-0.47,0.10) -0.73(-1.82,0.36) -0.44 (-0.95,0.7) -0.15(-0.63,0.32) -0.11(-0.49,0.28) -0.21(-0.92,0.50) -2.15***(-2.89,-1.40) 0.78*(0.09,1.47) 2.27***(1.00,3.54) 0.16(-0.51,0.84) NEIGHBORHOOD Community Cohesion -0.41*(-0.79,-0.03) Connection to Neighborhood -.88***(-1.19,-0.57) -0.74*(-1.32,-0.16) -0.14(-0.56,0.28) -0.42**(-0.70,-0.14) -0.21(-0.64,-0.26) Gender Based Violence Sarah Peitzmeier Gender-based Violence • Describe prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence and nonpartner sexual assault, • Evaluate associations with key health outcomes across domains of substance use, sexual and reproductive health, and mental health among young females Prevalence of GBV Baltimore (n=173) Delhi (n=30) Ibadan (n=60) Physical IPV, past year 24.3% 16.6% 25.9% 30.9% 8.8% Sexual IPV, past year 10.6% 7.2% 14.7% 18.3% 1.8% Any IPV, past year 27.7% 19.4% 32.8% 36.6% 10.2% (n= 189) (n=250) (n=218) (n=224) (n=220) 6.2% 1.6% 5.1% 9.1% 1.0% 12.3% 1.9% 8.2% 12.6% 1.2% Non-partner sexual violence, past year Non-partner sexual violence, ever Johannesburg Shanghai (n=200) (n=142) Health and IPV in Johannesburg IPV-exposed IPV-unexposed 70% 63% 60% 47% 50% 40% 38% 37% 33% 31% 30% 22% 20% 10% 13% 17% 6% 0% Past-month binge drinking AOR=7.7 (4.4, 13.5) Multiple sex partners, past year AOR=6.0 (3.4, 10.6) Ever pregnant AOR=1.7 (1.0, 2.8) Condom non-use Positive at last sex depression screen (CES-D) AOR=4.5 (2.2, 9.3) AOR=3.1 (2.1, 4.4) Health and IPV in Baltimore IPV-exposed IPV-unexposed 60% 50% 50% 44% 41% 39% 40% 33% 29% 30% 19% 20% 11% 14% 10% 10% 0% Past-month binge drinking AOR=0.6 (0.2, 1.9) Multiple sex partners, past year AOR=3.0 (2.0, 4.6) Anal intercourse, ever Condom non-use at last sex AOR=2.8 (1.4, 5.7) AOR=1.3 (0.6, 2.9) Positive depression screen (CES-D) AOR=1.8 (1.0, 3.4) Health and SA in Johannesburg IPV-exposed IPV-unexposed 60% 54% 50% 45% 44% 43% 41% 40% 30% 25% 26% 22% 20% 16% 16% 10% 0% Past-month binge drinking AOR=1.7 (0.7, 4.1) Multiple sex partners, past year AOR=4.4 (2.5, 7.5) Ever pregnant AOR=0.9 (0.5, 1.5) Condom non-use at last sex AOR=2.8 (1.1, 7.0) Positive depression screen (CES-D) AOR=1.8 (1.1, 3.0) Health and SA in Baltimore IPV-exposed IPV-unexposed 100% 89% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 50% 42% 40% 29% 30% 20% 10% 20% 41% 26% 25% 10% 9% 0% Past-month binge drinking Multiple sex partners, past year AOR=1.9 (0.4, 9.8) AOR=0.8 (0.2, 3.1) Anal intercourse, ever Condom non-use at last sex AOR=6.2 (2.6, 14.9) AOR=1.2 (0.7, 2.1) Positive depression screen (CES-D) AOR=55.0 (32.3, 93.7) Adolescent Pregnancy Anna Kaagesten Goals To describe the prevalence of teenage pregnancy and associated outcomes among heterosexually experienced females and males; To assess the demographic, behavioral and neighborhood-level factors associated with teenage pregnancy among females and males Prevalence of Pregnancy and Reproductive History: Females B’MORE N=193 JO’BURG N=224 IBADAN N=229 SHANGHAI N=216 DELHI N=250 W% (n/N) W% (n/N) W% (n/N) W% (n/N) W% (n/N) 75.3% (130/193) 55.5% (130/224) 16.0% (31/229) 8.4% (19/216) 0.3% (3/250) 52.9% (53/130) 28.8% (25/130) 24.1% (7/31) 16.1% (3/19) 52.2% (1/3) 14.4% (9/53) 31.6% (14/25) 36.0% (3/7) 84.0% (2/3) 100.0% (1/1) EVER ABORTION 31.9% (23/53) 14.6% (7/25) 54.5% (4/7) 16.0% (1/3) 100.0% (1/1) EVER GAVE BIRTH 56.1% (23/53) 32.5% (12/25) 38.4% (2/7) -- -- 1 94.0% (19/23) 99.4% (11/12) 52.7% (1/2) -- -- 2 or more 6.0% (4/23) 0.6% (1/12) 47.3% (1/2) -- -- EVER SEXUAL INTERCOURSE EVER PREGNANT CURRENTLY PREGNANT NUMBER CHILDREN GAVE BIRTH TO Prevalence of Pregnancy and Reproductive History: Males B’MORE N=263 JO’BURG N=272 IBADAN N=220 SHANGHAI N=222 DELHI N=250 W% (n/N) W% (n/N) W% (n/N) W% (n/N) W% (n/N) EVER SEXUAL INTERCOURSE 86.4%( 222/263) 69.2% (216/272) 44.0% (86/220) 25.5% (78/222) 16.7% (39/250) PARTNER EVER PREGNANT 24.9% (63/222) 22.2% (57/216) 17.6% (11/86) 10.7% (15/78) 15.4% (6/39) PARTNER EVER ABORTION 65.7% (35/63) 45.2% (29/57) 62.3% (8/11) 51.4% (9/15) 9.3% (3/6) PARTNER EVER GAVE BIRTH 46.0% (23/63) 32.8% (20/57) 72.2% (7/11) -- 3.6% (1/6) 1 77.2% (16/23) 91.3% (16/20) 5.6% (1/7) -- 100.0% (1/1) 2 or more 22.8% (7/23) 8.7% (4/20) 94.5% (6/7) -- -- NUMBER OF CHILDREN Adjusted Association with Pregnancy: Females BALTIMORE FEMALES JOHANNESBURG FEMALES AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AGE (CONT.) 1.3* (0.61, 2.63 ) 1.2 (0.70, 1.93 ) CURRENTLY IN SCHOOL (REF: NOT) 0.2* (0.04, 0.80) 0.1* (0.004, 0.82) RAISED BY ONE PARENT (REF: TWO PARENTS) -- 18.4*** (12.6, 26.9) RAISED BY OTHER ADULTS (REF: TWO PARENTS) -- 4.5* (1.5, 3.7) UNSTABLE HOUSING (REF: STABLE) 5.1* (1.7, 15.5) 1.6 (0.7, 3.6) BINGE DRINKING LAST MONTH (REF: NO DRINK) 3.9* (1.2, 12.6) -- -- 7.5** (3.3, 16.4) EVER TRANSACTIONAL SEX (REF: NEVER) EVER SAME-SEX PARTNER (REF: NEVER) 0.2** (0.06, 0.5) 0.2* (0.1, 0.9) 4.2 (0.8, 20.8) 0.4* (0.2, 0.7) ANY BIRTH CONTROL FIRST SEX (REF: NO) -- 0.1*** (0.05, 0.2) 0.1** (0.03, 0.3) -- ALWAYS USED CONDOMS PAST YEAR (REF: NOT) -- 0.3 (0.06, 2.0) PERCEIVED FEAR (SCALE) -- 1.1** (1.0, 1.1) COMMUNITY VIOLENCE (SCALE) -- 1.3*** (1.2, 1.4) 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) 0.9** (0.8, 0.9) SEXUAL DEBUT < AGE 15 (REF: >=15) CONDOM FIRST SEX (REF: NOT) PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT (SCALE) *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001 Adjusted Associations with Pregnancy: Males BALTIMORE MALES AOR (95% CI) JOHANNESBURG MALES AGE (CONT.) 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) 1.5** (1.2, 1.8) CURRENTLY IN SCHOOL (REF: NOT) 0.7 (0.4, 1.5) 0.4*** (0.4, 0.4) 6.4*** (3.2, 12.7) -- 0.1 (0.01, 2.3) -- 6.7*** (2.4, 18.8) 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) 1.1 (0.3, 4.0) 5.4*** (4.3, 6.7) -- 1.7* (1.1, 2.7) SAME WEALTH AS MOST (REF: POORER) WORSE WEALTH THAN MOST (REF: POORER) BINGE DRINKING LAST MONTH (REF: NO DRINK) SEXUAL DEBUT < AGE 15 (REF: >=15) EVER TRANSACTIONAL SEX (REF: NEVER) CONDOM FIRST SEX (REF: NOT) ALWAYS USED CONDOMS PAST YEAR (REF: NOT) FEEL UNSAFE IN COMMUNITY (REF: SAFE) PERCEIVED FEAR (SCALE) COMMUNITY VIOLENCE (SCALE) PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT (SCALE) *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001 AOR (95% CI) 0.5 (0.05, 4.6) -- 1.3 (0.9, 1.88) 0.2** (0.1, 0.4) -- 1.3*** 0.9*** 1.1* -- -- 0.9***
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