Sexual risk-taking behavior amongst emerging adults in a tertiary institution of learning in Coastal Kenya: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perspectives using causal loop mapping

• Stevenson K. Chea ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cheastevenson@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Nursing Sciences, School of Health and Human Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Public Health Nutrition Unit, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8096-711X

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• Vincent A. Kagonya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Eunice A. Oyugi,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Carophine Nasambu,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Isaac Menza,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Fauz Ibrahim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation County Department of Health, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Osman Abdullahi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Health and Human Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Alice Anika,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Amin S. Hassan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Public Health, School of Health and Human Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Souheila Abbeddou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Public Health Nutrition Unit, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Kristien Michielsen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KM and AAA equally contributed as joint senior authors.

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Amina Abubakar

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KM and AAA equally contributed as joint senior authors.

  Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Public Health, School of Health and Human Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya, Institute for Human Development, The Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

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