[HTML][HTML] HIV prevention in adolescents and young people in the Eastern and Southern African region: A review of key challenges impeding actions for an effective …

K Govender, WGB Masebo, P Nyamaruze… - The Open AIDS …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The global commitment to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 places HIV prevention at the
centre of the response. With the disease continuing to disproportionately affect young …

Economic strengthening for HIV prevention and risk reduction: a review of the evidence

M Swann - AIDS care, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Household economic strengthening (HES) is increasingly implemented alongside HIV
programing to address economic drivers of the epidemic. The evidence base on HES for HIV …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships with caregivers and mental health outcomes among adolescents living with HIV: a prospective cohort study in South Africa

Y Shenderovich, M Boyes, MD Esposti, M Casale… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Mental health problems may impact adherence to anti-retroviral treatment,
retention in care, and consequently the survival of adolescents living with HIV. The …

HIV and SRH healthcare delivery experiences of South African healthcare workers and adolescents and young people during COVID-19

J Kelly, L Gittings, C Laurenzi, CD Glinski… - Psychology, Health & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
While substantial research has emerged from the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, as
well as from studies with adolescent populations, there has been a dearth of research …

[HTML][HTML] Protective factors for adolescent sexual risk behaviours and experiences linked to HIV infection in South Africa: a three-wave longitudinal analysis of …

WE Rudgard, MG Saminathen, M Orkin… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Structural interventions are endorsed to enhance biomedical and behavioural
HIV prevention programmes for adolescents. Aiming to inform future interventions, we …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and factors associated with sexual and reproductive health literacy among youth living with HIV in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

B Mugabi, M Nanyingi, R Kabanda, J Ndibazza… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Adequate sexual and reproductive health literacy (SRHL) among young people
has been linked to informed sexual behaviours. Studies on SRHL have largely been …

Childhood adversity increases the risk of onward transmission from perinatal HIV-infected adolescents and youth in South Africa

R Kidman, S Nachman, J Dietrich, A Liberty… - Child abuse & neglect, 2018 - Elsevier
Repeated exposure to childhood adversity (abuse, neglect and other traumas experienced
before age 18) can have lifelong impacts on health. For HIV-infected adolescents and youth …

[PDF][PDF] Thriving in the second decade: bridging childhood and adulthood for South Africa's adolescents

E Toska, R Hodes, L Cluver, M Atujuna… - South African child …, 2019 - researchgate.net
South Africa is home to over 10 million adolescents, defined by Statistics South Africa as
those aged between 10 and 19. 1 Adolescence is a life stage of immense biological …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics of adolescents aged 15-19 years living with vertically and horizontally acquired HIV in Nampula, Mozambique

CA Teasdale, K Brittain, A Zerbe, CA Mellins, J Falcao… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) 15–19 years of age are a growing
proportion of all people living with HIV globally and the population includes adolescents with …

Power to participants: methodological and ethical reflections from a decade of adolescent advisory groups in South Africa

L Cluver, J Doubt, Teen Advisory Groups South Africa… - AIDS care, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Whilst the HIV response has made significant progress in increasing representation of adults
affected by HIV, the meaningful inclusion of children and adolescents has lagged. But this …