How much demand for New HIV prevention technologies can we really expect? Results from a discrete choice experiment in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For the first time in the history of HIV, new bio-medical interventions have been shown to be effective in preventing HIV transmission. For these new HIV prevention technologies (NPTs) to have an impact on the epidemic, they must be widely used. This study uses a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to: understand the relative strength of women's preferences for product characteristics, understand the implications for substitution away from male condoms, and inform realistic modelling of their potential impact and cost-effectiveness.

Methods

A DCE was conducted among 1017 women in urban South Africa. Women were presented with choices between potential women's NPTs (microbicides, diaphragm, female condom) and 'what I did last time' (use or not use a condom) with differ

SUBMITTER: Terris-Prestholt F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3875434 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature