Putting youth at the centre: co-design of a community-based intervention to improve HIV outcomes among youth in Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT: Background:  Youth have disproportionately poor HIV outcomes. We aimed to co-design a community-based intervention with youth to improve HIV outcomes among 16-24 year-olds, to be trialled in Zimbabwe. Methods:  We conducted 90 in-depth interviews with youth, family members, community gatekeepers and healthcare providers to understand the barriers to uptake of existing HIV services. The interviews informed an outline intervention, which was refined through two participatory workshops with youth, and subsequent pilot-testing. Results:  Participants considered existing services inaccessible and unappealing: health facilities were perceived to be for 'sick people', centred around HIV and served by judgemental providers. Proposed features of an intervention to overcome thes

SUBMITTER: Mackworth-Young CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804048 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature