Decision-making and cash spending patterns of adolescent girls and young women participating in a cash-transfer intervention in Tanzania: Implications for sexual …

J Wamoyi, P Balvanz, MW Gichane, S Maman… - Global public …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Although cash transfers (CT) have been recommended as a strategy to address structural
drivers of HIV, the evidence of the effects of CT on sexual risk and HIV outcomes is mixed …

Adolescent girls' perceived readiness for sex in Central Uganda-liminal transitions and implications for sexual and reproductive health interventions

N Kyegombe, AM Buller, R Meiksin… - Culture, health & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Young women in Uganda are at risk of negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes,
in part because of sex with older men. Theoretically grounded in the concept of liminality …

Association between lifetime sexual violence victimization and selected health conditions and risk behaviors among 13–24-year-olds in Lesotho: Results from the …

V Picchetti, C Stamatakis, FB Annor, GM Massetti… - Child abuse & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Sexual violence is a serious public health concern worldwide. In Lesotho, one
in seven women and one in twenty men aged 18 years and older experienced sexual …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding sexual behaviors of youth from the lens of caregivers, teachers, local leaders and youth in Homabay County, Kenya

E Omanga, I Inwani, K Agot, J Buttolph, R Nduati… - Reproductive …, 2023 - Springer
In Kenya similar to other countries in Eastern and Southern Africa There is a
disproportionately high burden of the global HIV incidence among youth ages 15–24 years …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing risk factors and health impacts across different forms of exchange sex among young women in informal settlements in South Africa: A cross …

K Stoebenau, K Dunkle, S Willan, N Shai… - Social Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract For women in South Africa, engaging in exchange sex, including transactional sex
(TS), or sex work (SW), is associated with several shared poor health outcomes; yet the …

[HTML][HTML] Economic vulnerabilities, mental health, and coping strategies among Tanzanian youth during COVID-19

SS Zuilkowski, S Quinones, H Kihanzah, G Marwerwe… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated struggles for youth living in poor
households. Youth in rural Tanzania are particularly vulnerable given widespread poverty …

Acceptability of the dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV-1 prevention among women reporting engagement in transactional sex

EN Browne, K Torjesen, BG Mirembe… - AIDS care, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
We assessed if acceptability of the dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention differed among
the subgroup of women who reported engaging in transactional sex prior to enrollment in …

The sexual and reproductive health covariates of early menarche among adolescent girls

M Ibitoye, TGM Sandfort, JB Bingenheimer… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Research suggests that girls who reach menarche at an early age are at greater
risk for negative sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes than their later‐maturing …

Correlates of Adherence to Oral and Vaginal Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Participating in the MTN-034 …

K Ngure, EN Browne, K Reddy, BA Friedland… - AIDS and Behavior, 2024 - Springer
We evaluated correlates of adherence to PrEP, including daily oral tenofovir disoproxil
fumarate in combination emtricitabine (oral FTC/TDF) and the monthly dapivirine ring (ring) …

Is Madagascar at the edge of a generalised HIV epidemic? Situational analysis

M Raberahona, F Monge, RH Andrianiaina… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2021 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives To describe the epidemiological situation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to
identify the main drivers for vulnerability in Madagascar. Design Literature review, qualitative …