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Georgia State University

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2020

Adolescent

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Correlates Of Self-Rated Health Among Youth In Kampala Slums, Uganda, Annabel Patterson May 2020

Correlates Of Self-Rated Health Among Youth In Kampala Slums, Uganda, Annabel Patterson

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INTRODUCTION: Self-rated physical health is a valuable measure that has been utilized to determine a person’s perception of health, which is dependent on their biological, emotional, physical, cognitive, and social context. This measure has been used throughout the world but has not been utilized as a marker for health and well-being among adolescent youth living in the slums of Kampala, Uganda.

AIM: This thesis aims to determine how youth in Kampala slums rate their physical health and determine the associations between self-rated health and a range of risk behaviors across domains such as demographic characteristics, mental health, violence, substance use, …