Associations of Father and Adult Male Presence with First Pregnancy and HIV Infection: Longitudinal Evidence from Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Rural South Africa (HPTN  068)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Albert ◽  
Jess Edwards ◽  
Brian Pence ◽  
Ilene S. Speizer ◽  
Susan Hillis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Rural South Africa

Community Space, Community Groups, and Incident HIV Infection Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Rural South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Nivedita L. Bhushan ◽  
Marie C.D. Stoner ◽  
Rhian Twine ◽  
Kathleen Kahn ◽  
Sheri A. Lippman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Community Space ◽  
Rural South Africa

scholarly journals Age-disparate partnerships and incident HIV infection in adolescent girls and young women in rural South Africa

AIDS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie C.D. Stoner ◽  
Nadia Nguyen ◽  
Kelly Kilburn ◽  
F Xavier Gómez-Olivé ◽  
Jessie K. Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Rural South Africa

Early Life Transitions Increase the Risk for HIV Infection: Using Latent Class Growth Models to Assess the Effect of Key Life Events on HIV Incidence Among Adolescent Girls in Rural South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 69-88
Author(s):  
Audrey Pettifor ◽  
Emily Agnew ◽  
Torsten B. Neilands ◽  
Jennifer Ahern ◽  
Stephen Tollman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Behavioral Determinants ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Household Shocks ◽  
Rural South Africa

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa are at very high risk of HIV infection. 6% of adolescent AGYW ages 15-19 are infected with HIV, increasing to over 17% by age 20-24. Adolescents matter and yet we have limited, rigorous information on what matters for adolescents living in developing countries and how we can best help them transition safely to adulthood. This chapter uses longitudinal data on a cohort of over 2,000 adolescent girls in rural South Africa who have been followed over 8 years as they transition from adolescence into early adulthood to examine how the timing and occurrence of multiple, non-repeatable social and behavioral determinants shape the risk of HIV acquisition over the adolescent life course. The analysis uses multiple event process survival mixture modeling to examine how key exposures such as childhood sexual abuse, depression, household shocks, poverty, parental loss, early pregnancy, school leaving and gender based violence shape HIV risk during adolescence. This is a unique opportunity to examine key behavioral and social life events in combination and longitudinally among young women in rural Africa, providing unique insights into when best to intervene and on what.

scholarly journals P407 ‘MTV shuga’: mass media communication, HSV2 and sexual health in adolescent girls and young women in rural south africa

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Shahmanesh ◽  
Nondumiso Mthiyane ◽  
Natsayi Chimbindi ◽  
Thembelihle Zuma ◽  
Jaco Dreyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Rural South Africa

scholarly journals Transactional sex and incident HIV infection in a cohort of young women from rural South Africa

AIDS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 1669-1677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Kilburn ◽  
Meghna Ranganathan ◽  
Marie C.D. Stoner ◽  
James P. Hughes ◽  
Catherine MacPhail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Transactional Sex ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Rural South Africa

scholarly journals Transactional sex among young women in rural South Africa: prevalence, mediators and association with HIV infection

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 20749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghna Ranganathan ◽  
Lori Heise ◽  
Audrey Pettifor ◽  
Richard J Silverwood ◽  
Amanda Selin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Transactional Sex ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Rural South Africa

scholarly journals Exploring the “Blesser and Blessee” Phenomenon: Young Women, Transactional Sex, and HIV in Rural South Africa

SAGE Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401880634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes N. Mampane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Transactional Sex ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Media ◽  
Rural South Africa

The “blesser and blessee” phenomenon has been prominent in South African media since the year 2016. This is a form of transactional sex in which older rich men (“blessers”) tend to entice young women (“blessees”) with money and expensive gifts in exchange for sexual favors. In most cases, these older men are married men who secretly engage in extramarital affairs with these young women. In this light, there have been many debates on whether transactional sex should be equated to prostitution or sex work. However, many researchers argue that both practices at the end of the day are proven to be equally high-risk sexual behaviors for HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to explore and describe perceptions and experiences of young women regarding factors that influence their susceptibility to transactional sex and the risk of HIV infection in rural South Africa. Twelve young women aged 18 to 30 years participated in two focus group discussions and 12 individual in-depth interviews. The findings of the study revealed that there are sociobehavioral, sociocultural, and socioeconomic factors that influence the susceptibility of young women to transactional sex and HIV risk. The study concluded that it was imperative for researchers to explore the context and motivation for transactional sex among young women in sub-Saharan Africa to be able to develop and implement appropriate and relevant HIV prevention interventions for this vulnerable population.

scholarly journals HIV-1 diversity among young women in rural South Africa: HPTN 068

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. e0198999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariya V. Sivay ◽  
Sarah E. Hudelson ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Yaw Agyei ◽  
Erica L. Hamilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Hiv 1 ◽  
Rural South Africa

scholarly journals HIV Infection in High School Students in Rural South Africa: Role of Transmissions Among Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 956-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayesha B.M. Kharsany ◽  
Thulasizwe John Buthelezi ◽  
Janet A. Frohlich ◽  
Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma ◽  
Natasha Samsunder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
School Students ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Rural South Africa
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