Research

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

Subjective Social Standing and Conflict Tactics Among Young Kenyan Men

Efforts to reduce intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa generally approach the issue through the ...

Relative social standing and suicide ideation among Kenyan males: the interpersonal theory of suicide in context

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between subjective social status ...

Childhood exposure to emotional abuse and later life stress among Kenyan women: a mediation analysis of cross-sectional data

Background and objective: We explore whether perceived stress among Kenyan mothers is predicted by childhood ...

Vulnerability of street-involved children and youth in semi-rural Kenya: does orphan status matter?

The vulnerability of street-involved children and youth (SICY) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to adverse childhood ...

How do Kenyan orphan girls experience less meaningful lives and how much does it matter for ‘health’?

Background: Currently, 2.5 million orphaned children are living in Kenya and 56 million orphaned children ...

Economic empowerment or cash-dependency for orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya: Evidence from an alternative to cash-only models

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

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)...