A decision support tool has similar high PrEP uptake and increases early PrEP persistence in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: results from a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

African adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) have high rates of HIV acquisition and are a priority population for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). PrEP implementation has been limited by AGYW's low perceived HIV risk and provider demands. A decision support tool (DST) with information about PrEP could improve clients' risk perception, knowledge about PrEP, informed decision-making and motivation to use PrEP based on their risk, facilitating PrEP delivery in primary healthcare (PHC) clinics.

Methods

We designed MyPrEP, a client-facing DST about PrEP and HIV prevention, with youth-friendly information and images. The impact of the MyPrEP tool was assessed among HIV-negative women aged 18-25 years presenting to a PHC clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa from

SUBMITTER: Celum C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10460672 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature