%0 Journal Article
%T Inter
%A Amina Abubakar
%A Anneloes van Baar
%A Charles R Newton
%A Derrick Ssewanyana
%A Patrick N Mwangala
%J Health Psychology Open
%@ 2055-1029
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2055102919849399
%X We utilized a socio-ecological model to explore views from 85 young people and 10 local stakeholders on forms and underlying factors for unintentional injury, violence, self-harm, and suicidal behavior of adolescents in Kilifi County, Kenya. Young people took part in 11 focus group discussions, whereas 10 in-depth interviews were conducted with the local stakeholders. Road traffic accidents, falls, fights, sexual and gender-based violence, theft, and vandalism were viewed as common. There was an overlap of risk factors, especially at intra- and interpersonal levels (gender, poverty, substance use, parenting behavior, school drop-out). Some broader-level risk factors were insecure neighborhoods and risky sources of livelihood. Research is needed to quantify burden and to pilot feasible injury prevention interventions in this setting
%K adolescents
%K injury
%K socio-ecological
%K violence
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102919849399