Does peer education go beyond giving reproductive health information? Cohort study in Bulawayo and Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe.

Aveneni MangombePhilip OwitiBernard MadzimaSinokuthemba XabaTalent M Makoni Kudakwashe C TakarindaCollins TimireAnesu ChimwazaMbazi SenkoroSimbarashe MabayaJulia SamuelsonWole AmeyanTalent TaperaNonhlanhla ZwangobaniJaya Prasad TripathyAjay M V Kumar

Published in: BMJ open (2020)

We found varying levels of referral ranging from 5.1% (STIs) to 58.3% (VMMC) but high levels of receipt of services. Type of counselling, peer educators' gender and location affected receipt of services. We recommend qualitative approaches to further understand reasons for non-referrals and non-receipt of services.

Keyphrases

healthcare
health information
primary care
mental health
social media
hiv testing
smoking cessation
men who have sex with men