"They have this not care - don't care attitude:" A Mixed Methods Study Evaluating Community Readiness for Oral PrEP in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in a Rural Area of South Africa.
Sarah E NakasoneNatsayi ChimbindiNondumiso MthiyaneBusisiwe NkosiThembelihle ZumaKathy BaisleyJaco DreyerDeenan PillaySian FloydIsolde BirdthistleJanet SeeleyMaryam ShahmaneshPublished in: AIDS research and therapy (2020)
The health system in this poor, high-HIV incidence area had multiple barriers to a PrEP rollout to AGYW. Norms around adolescent sexuality and gatekeeper concerns that PrEP could divert health resources from treatment to prevention could create barriers to PrEP roll-out in this setting. Alternate modes of delivery, particularly those which are youth-led and demedicalize PrEP, must be explored.
Keyphrases
- men who have sex with men
- hiv positive
- hiv testing
- healthcare
- south africa
- mental health
- palliative care
- young adults
- public health
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- risk factors
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- physical activity
- hiv aids
- risk assessment
- chronic pain
- health information
- health promotion