Nature of, and responses to key sexual and reproductive health challenges for adolescents in urban slums in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

YD Wado, M Bangha, CW Kabiru, GT Feyissa - Reproductive Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Addressing adolescents' sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
requires an understanding of the socio-cultural and spatial settings within which they live …

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 …

Sexual health of adolescent girls and young women in Central Uganda: exploring perceived coercive aspects of transactional sex

N Kyegombe, R Meiksin, J Wamoyi… - Sexual and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Uganda are at risk of early sexual debut,
unwanted pregnancy, violence, and disproportionally high HIV infection rates, driven in part …

Decade of research into the acceptability of interventions aimed at improving adolescent and youth health and social outcomes in Africa: a systematic review and …

OD Somefun, M Casale, GH Ronnie, C Desmond… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Interventions aimed at improving adolescent health and social outcomes are more
likely to be successful if the young people they target find them acceptable. However, no …

Predictors of primary and secondary sexual abstinence among never-married youth in urban poor Accra, Ghana

N Alhassan, FNA Dodoo - Reproductive health, 2020 - Springer
Background Sexual abstinence is a key component of the strategy to address unwanted
pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and HIV among youth in sub-Sahara Africa. But …

Is it time to RE-AIM? A systematic review of economic empowerment as HIV prevention intervention for adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa using …

J Iwelunmor, U Nwaozuru, C Obiezu-Umeh… - Implementation Science …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Economic empowerment (EE) HIV prevention programs for adolescent
girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa are gaining traction as effective …

[HTML][HTML] Designing HIV prevention interventions that are acceptable to young adults in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from a mapping review and inductive thematic …

OD Somefun, MJI Nweje, M Casale, GH Ronnie… - Children and Youth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rationale Understanding what young adults and other key stakeholders find acceptable for
HIV prevention interventions and reasons explaining acceptability or lack thereof is crucial …

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 …

The impact of old age pension eligibility on alcohol consumption: Evidence from a population-based study in rural South Africa

J Jock, ET Beidelman, LC Kobayashi… - Innovation in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Alcohol causes more than 3 million deaths a year
globally and contributes to over 5% of global disease and injury. Heavy drinking and alcohol …

The impact of conditional cash transfers for HIV prevention on peer relationships: perspectives from female recipients and non-recipients in HPTN 068

MN Ndimande-Khoza, F Scorgie, S Delany-Moretlwe… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
CCTs are currently being explored for HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young
women (AGYW) in Southern Africa. However, little is known about how CCT geared towards …