Masculinities and young men’s involvement in sexual and reproductive health: the case of Family Health Options hospital, youth program in Eldoret, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.authorCheruiyot, Jacklyne
dc.contributor.supervisorBonifacio, Glenda
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-12T14:51:52Z
dc.date.available2020-05-12T14:51:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThe thesis seeks to understand the different definitions attached to ideals of masculinities by male youth involved in Family Health Option Kenya (FHOK) youth intervention program. The study was conducted using in-depth individual interviews to explore how male youth engagement with FHOK programs tell us about their construction of masculinities, as they seek to promote their sexual and reproductive health. Findings reveal that the FHOK youth intervention program is redefining male youth’s understandings and construction of masculinities, though their understandings were aspirational. Further, the findings reveal other societal institutions such as the family, the church, and traditional circumcision play a role in shaping male youth’s construction of masculinities. Additionally, findings reveal that protest masculinities largely conceived by Connell (1995) as ‘damaging’ falls short of accounting for protest masculinities that are not seen as ‘deviant’ such as those practiced by male youth at FHOK, Eldoret.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5724
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subjectWomen's studies [0453]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectGender studies [0733]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectHealth education [0680]en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Women and Gender Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Women and Gender Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectMasculinity -- Kenyaen_US
dc.subjectMen -- Family relationships -- Kenyaen_US
dc.subjectMen -- Health and hygiene -- Kenyaen_US
dc.subjectMen -- Identityen_US
dc.subjectMen -- Religious lifeen_US
dc.titleMasculinities and young men’s involvement in sexual and reproductive health: the case of Family Health Options hospital, youth program in Eldoret, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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