[HTML][HTML] Adolescent girls and young women's PrEP-user journey during an implementation science study in South Africa and Kenya

E Rousseau, AWK Katz, S O'Rourke, LG Bekker… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Successful scale-up of PrEP for HIV prevention in African adolescent girls and young
women (AGYW) requires integration of PrEP into young women's everyday lives. We …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-level interventions to promote oral pre-exposure prophylaxis use among adolescent girls and young women: a review of recent research

E Irungu, N Khoza, J Velloza - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of review This review summarizes interventions to promote HIV pre-exposure
prophylaxis (PrEP) use among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in HIV endemic …

Alignment of PrEP adherence with periods of HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe: a secondary analysis of the HPTN …

J Velloza, D Donnell, S Hosek, PL Anderson… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Adolescent girls and young women in southern and eastern Africa have
adherence challenges with daily oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). High adherence …

Women's perceptions of HIV-and sexuality-related stigma in relation to PrEP: qualitative findings from the Masibambane Study, Durban, South Africa

S Bergam, AD Harrison, N Benghu, S Khumalo… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) offers effective HIV prevention. In South Africa,
PrEP is publicly available, but use among young women remains low. We explored young …

[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] “I know why I am taking this pill”: Young women navigation of disclosure and support for PrEP uptake and adherence in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

J Daniels, L De Vos, D Bezuidenhout… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
There is limited understanding of the dynamic interplay between adolescent girl's and young
women's (AGYW) disclosure and social support for using oral pre-exposure prophylaxis …

[HTML][HTML] Creating allies: qualitative exploration of young women's preferences for PrEP methods and parents' role in PrEP uptake and user support in urban and rural …

CM Wong, T Munthali, FG Mangunje, ML Katoka… - BMC Women's …, 2024 - Springer
Background Zambian adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) have high HIV incidence
and face barriers to the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Parental support improves …

“You tell him that 'baby, I am protecting myself'”: Women's agency and constraint around willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis in the Masibambane Study

A Harrison, N Bhengu, L Miller, T Exner… - Women's …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To explore women's willingness to consider using pre-exposure prophylaxis for
HIV prevention in the context of gendered relationship dynamics, in Durban, South Africa …

Factors influencing adolescent girls and young women's uptake of community-based PrEP services following home-based HIV testing in Eastern Cape, South Africa: a …

EK Mudzingwa, L de Vos, M Atujuna, L Fynn… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Home-based service delivery has been used to improve access to HIV testing and
antiretroviral initiation across sub-Saharan Africa, but it has yet to be leveraged to improve …

A novel “HIV salience and Perception” scale is associated with PrEP dispensing and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in Kampala, Uganda

J Velloza, A Mujugira, T Muwonge, J Boyer… - AIDS and Behavior, 2023 - Springer
Low perceived HIV risk is a barrier to effective pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among
African adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). Single-item risk perception measures …