Research

See below for a list of peer-reviewed studies produced by Sodzo board members, staff, and affiliates regarding orphans and vulernable children (OVC).

Family-level Factors to Reintegrate Street-Involved Children in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review

Millions of children sleep on the streets every night, separated from family and reliable shelter. ...

Family, Belonging and Meaning in Life Among Semi-rural Kenyans

To date, most research on families in sub-Saharan Africa focus on the various risks associated ...

Community perceptions of home environments that lead children & youth to the street in semi-rural Kenya

Research with street-involved children and youth (SICY) in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past three decades ...

Early childhood attachment and suicidal ideation among young Kenyan men

The interpersonal theory of suicide posits that suicide behavior is driven by two interpersonal dynamics ...

Suicide Clusters Among Young Kenyan Men

Suicide is a leading cause of global mortality. Suicide clusters have recently been identified among ...

Testing and testing positive: childhood adversities and later life HIV status among Kenyan women and their partners

Background: Adverse childhood experiences are a critical feature of lifelong health. No research assesses whether ...

Globally, study of factors contributing to the street-migration of the tens of millions of street-involved children...

Water quality is an important determinant of diarrheal illnesses, especially affecting children in sub-Saharan...

Orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) often have worse educational, developmental, nutritional, and behavioral...

This study assesses resilience and general self-efficacy among Kenyan orphans and vulnerable children (n = 1060)...