Intervening for HIV prevention and mental health: a review of global literature

PY Collins, J Velloza, T Concepcion… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Numerous effective HIV prevention options exist, including behaviour change
interventions, condom promotion and biomedical interventions, like voluntary medical male …

'I was in need of somewhere to release my hurt:'Addressing the mental health of vulnerable adolescent mothers in Harare, Zimbabwe, through self-help groups

R Chingono, C Kasese, S Miles, J Busza - Global health action, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Adolescents experiencing multiple vulnerabilities, including poverty, curtailed
education, transactional sex and early childbearing, are at risk of poor mental health. In …

Respondent-driven sampling to recruit adolescents in Kenya

HHM Truong, R Fatch, D Ogolla, B Otieno… - Annals of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) uses long-chain referral whereby members of
the target population recruit other members. We describe the use of RDS for a mixed …

Brief Report: How Do We Reach Men? Offering HIV Testing in Evenings and Weekends in the HPTN 071 (PopART) Community-Based Trial in South Africa

B Yang, R Sloot, S Floyd, D Awoniyi… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Unknown HIV status and consequent low antiretroviral treatment coverage
among men living with HIV combined with high-risk behavior is a key driver of the HIV …

[HTML][HTML] HIV, sexual violence, and termination of pregnancy among adolescent and adult female sex workers in Malawi: A respondent-driven sampling study

C Bossard, M Chihana, S Nicholas, D Mauambeta… - PLoS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Female Sex Workers (FSWs) are a hard-to-reach and understudied population, especially
those who begin selling sex at a young age. In one of the most economically disadvantaged …

Values and preferences of contraceptive methods: a mixed-methods study among sex workers from diverse settings

E Sibanda, A Shapiro, B Mathers, A Verster… - Sexual and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
There is limited information on contraceptive values and preferences of sex workers. We
conducted a mixed-method study to explore contraceptive values and preferences among …

Evidence and gap map report: Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) interventions for strengthening HIV prevention and research among adolescent …

DL Bose, A Hundal, S Singh, S Singh… - Campbell Systematic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), aged 15–24 years, are
disproportionately affected by HIV and other sexual and reproductive health (SRH) risks due …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening primary HIV prevention: better use of data to improve programmes, develop strategies and evaluate progress

JR Hargreaves, JD Auerbach, B Hensen… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It is heartening to learn from recent data in multiple settings that decreasing community viral
load through “universal test and treat” programmes is having a significant impact on HIV …

Adolescent girls who sell sex in Zimbabwe: HIV risk, behaviours and service engagement

B Rice, F Machingura, G Maringwa… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: To reduce HIV incidence among adolescent girls who sell sex (AGSS) in
Zimbabwe we need to better understand how vulnerabilities intersect with HIV infection, and …

We carried her in a wheelbarrow to the clinic”: Process evaluation of the AMETHIST intervention combining microplanning with self-help groups to improve HIV …

F Machingura, G Madimutsa, M Makamba, T Kujeke… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Background The Adapted Microplanning to Eliminate Transmission of HIV in Sex
Transactions (AMETHIST) randomized controlled trial tested a combination of Microplanning …