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Kenyan pastors’ perspectives on communicating about sexual behaviour and HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ann Neville Miller --- , United States MaryN Kizito --- , United States Jesica Kinya Mwithia --- , United States Lucy Njoroge --- , United States Kyalo wa Ngula --- , United States Kristin Davis --- , United StatesThe article presents an analysis of in-depth interviews with 18 leaders of Christian churches in Nairobi, Kenya, regarding the content and context of messages they disseminate to their congregations about sexual behaviour and HIV. The content of messages was nearly... -
Predictors of sexual behaviour among church-going youths in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-denominational study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ann Neville Miller --- Nicholson School of Communication, United States Kyalo wa Ngula --- Nicholson School of Communication, United States George Musambira --- Nicholson School of Communication, United StatesWe surveyed church-going youths in Nairobi, Kenya, to investigate denominational differences in their sexual behaviour and to identify factors related to those differences. In comparison with youths attending mainline churches, the youths surveyed at Pentecostal/evangelical churches were less likely to... -
The impact of church contextual factors on church-going youth's HIV prevention behaviour in Nairobi, Kenya: A cross-denominational study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ann Neville Miller --- University of Central Florida, USA Kyalo Wa Ngula --- Africa Nazarene University, KenyaChurch doctrine about sexual behaviour has long been assumed to have an impact on aspects of the sub-Saharan AIDS epidemic, and evidence suggests that Pentecostal churches have a stronger influence THAN? on the sexual behaviour of their adherents. However, few... -
Couples' communication on sexual and relational issues among the Akamba in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ann Neville Miller Lenette Golding Kyalo wa Ngula MaryAnne Wambua Evans Mutua MaryN Kitizo Caroline Teti Nancy Booker Kinya Mwithia DonaldL RubinA large portion of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa occurs among married couples, yet the majority of research on safer-sex communication has focused on communication between couples in casual relationships. This paper explores how committed Kamba couples in Machakos District,... -
Parental mediation of adolescent media use and demographic factors as predictors of Kenyan high school students’ exposure to sexual content in television
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kyalo wa Ngula --- Department of Mass Communication, Hellen K. Mberia --- Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ann Neville Miller --- Nicholson School of Communication, USAResearch in Western nations suggests that parents’ involvement in their children's media use can make a difference in how adolescents select, process and respond to sexual television messages. Little or no published research has investigated this issue in sub-Saharan Africa,... -
Genetic diversity and population structure of Brachiaria brizantha (A.Rich.) Stapf accessions from Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Asheber Tegegn --- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia Martina Kyalo --- Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa–International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Kenya Collins Mutai --- Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa–International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Kenya Jean Hanson --- International Livestock Research Institute, Ethiopia Getnet Asefa --- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia Appolinaire Djikeng --- Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa–International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Kenya Sita Ghimire --- Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa–International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, KenyaBrachiaria is a tropical, warm-season grass native to Africa. It is an extensively cultivated forage in the tropics with proven benefits on livestock productivity. Brachiaria is well-known for high biomass production, animal nutrition, carbon sequestration, biological nitrification inhibition, soil conservation,...