Accelerating Sustainable Development Goals for South African adolescents from high HIV prevalence areas: a longitudinal path analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents experience a multitude of vulnerabilities which need to be addressed in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In sub-Saharan Africa, adolescents experience high burden of HIV, violence exposure, poverty, and poor mental and physical health. This study aimed to identify interventions and circumstances associated with three or more targets ("accelerators") within multiple SDGs relating to HIV-affected adolescents and examine cumulative effects on outcomes.

Methods

Prospective longitudinal data from 3401 adolescents from randomly selected census enumeration areas in two provinces with > 30% HIV prevalence carried out in 2010/11 and 2011/12 were used to examine six hypothesized accelerators (positive parenting, parental monitoring, fre

SUBMITTER: Meinck F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8580740 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature