Process evaluation of peer-to-peer delivery of HIV self-testing and sexual health information to support HIV prevention among youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: qualitative analysis.
Oluwafemi Atanda AdeagboJanet SeeleyDumsani GumedeSibongiseni XuluNondumiso DlaminiManono LuthuliJaco DreyerCarina HerbstFrances Mary CowanNatsayi ChimbindiKarin HatzoldNonhlanhla OkesolaCheryl JohnsonGuy HarlingHasina SubedarLorraine SherrNuala McGrathLiz CorbettMaryam ShahmaneshPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
Both professional (peer navigators) and social network (friends) approaches were acceptable methods to receive HIVST and sexual health information. Doubts about the professionalism of friends and overly exclusive focus on HIVST information materials may in part explain why HIVST kits, without peer navigators support, did not create demand for PrEP.