Youth-friendly services and a mobile phone application to promote adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis among adolescent men who have sex with men and transgender women at-risk for HIV in Thailand: a randomized control trial.
Wipaporn Natalie SongtaweesinSurinda KawichaiPraphan PhanuphakTim R CresseyPrissana WongharnChutima SaisaengjanTanat ChinbunchornSurang JanyamDanai LinjongratThanyawee Puthanakitnull nullPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)
Youth-friendly PrEP services enabled good adherence among half of adolescent PrEP users. However, the mobile phone application tested did not provide additional PrEP adherence benefit in this randomized trial. Adolescent risk behaviours are dynamic and require adaptive programmes that focus on "prevention-effective adherence."
Keyphrases
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- hiv positive
- mental health
- young adults
- healthcare
- primary care
- physical activity
- glycemic control
- antiretroviral therapy
- type diabetes
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- hiv infected
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv aids
- adipose tissue
- south africa
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- affordable care act