A latent class analysis of young women's co-occurring health risks in urban informal settlements in Durban, South Africa

• Main Authors: Laura J. Brown (Author), Tarylee Reddy (Author), Jenevieve Mannell (Author), Rochelle Burgess (Author), Nwabisa Shai (Author), Laura Washington (Author), Rachel Jewkes (Author), Andrew Gibbs (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In South Africa, substance use, violence, and HIV risk disproportionately affect young poor Black women. Few studies have explicitly measured the co-occurrence of these health risks or the impact on mental health and wellbeing for this population. To this aim, we use a person-centred approach to exp...