Victimization, Suicide and Coping Among Vulnerable Slum Youth in Uganda During Covid 19 Crisis Volume 5 - Issue 5

Rogers Kasirye and Barbara Nakijoba*

• BA Social Work and Social Administration and master’s Candidate-Barbara Nakijoba, Makerere University, Uganda

Received:August 19, 2021   Published:September 07, 2021

Corresponding author:Barbara Nakijoba, BA Social Work and Social Administration and master’s Candidate-Barbara Nakijoba, Makerere University, Uganda

DOI: 10.32474/SJPBS.2021.05.000221

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Abstract

Urban young people face a myriad of problems and during COVID 19 this may have worsened. This study examined the factors associated with suicide, victimization, and coping among youth living in the city and urban towns Uganda. Analyses are based on cross-sectional survey data, collected in 2020, of a convenient sample (n = 583) of rural and urban youth UYDEL beneficiaries of the DREAMS Project at different UYDEL safe spaces. Of the 583-youth interviewed, 21% reported experiencing suicidal ideation in their lifetime. Victimization was also high at 52%. Our findings shed more light on the unmet need of this vulnerable population. However, strategies that specifically seek to address, youth employment, parental factors, problem drinking a modifiable risk factor for suicidal ideation may be particularly warranted in this low-resource setting. NGOs.

Keywords: Victimization; Suicide; Coping Vulnerable Young

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