Preferences and acceptability for long‐acting PrEP agents among pregnant and postpartum women with experience using daily oral PrEP in South Africa and Kenya

NJ Wara, R Mvududu, MM Marwa… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Long‐acting pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options could overcome barriers
to oral PrEP persistence during pregnancy and postpartum. We evaluated long‐acting PrEP …

What motivated men to start PrEP? A cross-section of men starting PrEP in Buffalo city municipality, South Africa

PJ Smith, J Daniels, LG Bekker, A Medina-Marino - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Compared to women, South African men are less likely to know their
HIV status (78% vs. 89%), have suppressed viral loads (82% vs. 90%), or access HIV …

Preferences for long-acting PrEP products among women and girls: a quantitative survey and discrete choice experiment in Eswatini, Kenya, and South Africa

KM Little, H Hanif, SM Anderson, MR Clark… - AIDS and Behavior, 2024 - Springer
While oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can substantially reduce HIV risk, there are
important barriers to uptake and adherence. We explored preferences for long-acting …

“We Should Be Taught Self-Respect, Self-Confidence and Self-Love”: Youth perspectives of adult influences on their sexuality and relationships among South African …

S Bergam, C Kuo, M Atujuna, JA Pellowski… - … in Reproductive Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Of the 1.75 million adolescents aged 10–19 years living with HIV globally, 84%
reside in sub-Saharan Africa. This problem is most acute in South Africa, where there are …

The development of a conceptual framework on PrEP stigma among adolescent girls and young women in sub‐Saharan Africa

M Hartmann, L Nyblade, S Otticha… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Stigma is a well‐known barrier to HIV testing and treatment and is an emerging
barrier to pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use. To guide future research, measurement and …

Perceptions of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among men living with HIV in the context of reproductive goals in South Africa: a qualitative study

X Ntinga, OO Isehunwa, LI Msimango, PM Smith… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Treatment as Prevention (TasP)
are effective strategies to prevent HIV transmission within serodifferent couples. However …

Peer-to-Peer Chain Recruitment for Enrolling Young South African Women into an HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Intervention Study: How Did It Perform?

J Fordjuoh, C Dolezal, N Bhengu, AD Harrison… - AIDS and Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Peer-to-peer chain recruitment has been used for descriptive studies, but few intervention
studies have employed it. We used this method to enroll sexually active women ages 18 to …

Shattering the silence: exploring the role of Chinese online sexual health influencers in promoting sex education

X Zhang, W Zou - Sex Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In the context of the rapidly evolving social media landscape with the potential to
revolutionise sexual health education, this article presents a critical discourse analysis and …

Masibambane—Ladies Chat: Developing an Online Gender-Enhanced PrEP Information-Motivation Workshop for Young South African Women

J Hanass-Hancock, N Bhengu, T Exner… - AIDS Education and …, 2023 - Guilford Press
This article describes the processes of transforming an in-person group-based intervention
to promote uptake of PrEP among young woman in South Africa to an online interactive …

“Killing two birds with one stone”–a qualitative study on women's perspectives on the dual prevention pill in Johannesburg, South Africa

S Tenza, L Mampuru, M Moji, S Zulu, L Begg… - BMC Women's …, 2024 - Springer
Background HIV incidence remains high in South Africa, with~ 60% of all new HIV infections
among adolescent girls and women (Country factsheets HIV and AIDS Estimates, 2022) …