Adolescent girls and young women’s PrEP-user journey during an implementation science study in South Africa and Kenya

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 conducted interviews and focus group discussions with 137 AGYW PrEP users aged 16–25 from South Africa and Kenya. Individual and relati...

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Autores principales: Rousseau, Elzette, Katz, Ariana W. K., O’Rourke, Shannon, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead, Bukusi, Elizabeth, Travill, Danielle, Omollo, Victor, Morton, Jennifer F., O’Malley, Gabrielle, Haberer, Jessica E., Heffron, Renee, Johnson, Rachel, Celum, Connie, Baeten, Jared M., van der Straten, Ariane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8516266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34648589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258542
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Sumario: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 conducted interviews and focus group discussions with 137 AGYW PrEP users aged 16–25 from South Africa and Kenya. Individual and relational enablers and disablers were explored at key moments during their PrEP-user journey from awareness, initiation and early use through persistence, including PrEP pauses, restarts, and discontinuation. PrEP uptake was facilitated when offered as part of an integrated sexual reproductive health service, but hampered by low awareness, stigma and misconceptions about PrEP in the community. Daily pill-taking was challenging for AGYW due to individual, relational and structural factors and PrEP interruptions (intended or unintended) were described as part of AGYW’s PrEP-user journey. Disclosure, social support, adolescent-friendly health counseling, and convenient access to PrEP were reported as key enablers for PrEP persistence.

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