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Peer navigation\u2014where trained individuals with shared experiences provide education, psychosocial support, and system navigation\u2014has emerged as a promising strategy to address these challenges. While widely implemented in adult HIV and maternal care programs across sub-Saharan Africa, the role of adolescent peer navigators remains under defined. This qualitative study aimed to explore perspectives on the role of adolescent peer navigators in health service delivery in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, and to develop a conceptual framework grounded in the Information\u2013Motivation\u2013Behavioral Skills (IMB) model. Through convenience sampling, data were collected in 16 focus group discussions with 127 AYA aged 10\u201324\u2009years and 40 in-depth interviews with healthcare providers, caregivers, community leaders, policymakers, and peer navigators. 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