HIV Prevention Among Adolescents

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Pettifor ◽  
Hamsa Subramaniam
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision ◽  
Medical Male Circumcision ◽  
Persons Living With Hiv ◽  
Prevention Interventions ◽  
Total Burden ◽  
Living With Hiv

This chapter examines the latest information on HIV prevention among adolescents globally. An estimated 5.4 million young people aged 15–24 are living with HIV, accounting for 15% of the total burden of persons living with HIV worldwide. Adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years are at particularly high risk of HIV infection. This chapter reviews the latest evidence on HIV prevention interventions, including behavioral interventions; school-based sexuality education; adolescent-friendly health services; HIV testing, including the latest testing modalities; voluntary medical male circumcision; and antiretroviral therapy for prevention. Major challenges and success factors of successful prevention programs to date are reviewed. Also reviewed are key gaps in knowledge regarding HIV prevention and areas for improved prevention among adolescents.

scholarly journals Data triangulation to estimate age-specific coverage of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in four Kenyan counties

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. e0209385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Kripke ◽  
Marjorie Opuni ◽  
Elijah Odoyo-June ◽  
Mathews Onyango ◽  
Peter Young ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Male Circumcision ◽  
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision ◽  
Medical Male Circumcision

Implementation of HIV Prevention Interventions with People Living with HIV/AIDS in Clinical Settings: Challenges and Lessons Learned

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (S1) ◽  
pp. 17-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. Koester ◽  
Andre Maiorana ◽  
Karen Vernon ◽  
Janet Myers ◽  
Carol Dawson Rose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Prevention Interventions ◽  
Hiv Prevention Interventions ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Ethics of pursuing targets in public health: the case of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV-prevention programs in Kenya

2020 ◽  
pp. medethics-2020-106293
Author(s):  
Stuart Rennie ◽  
Adam Gilbertson ◽  
Denise Hallfors ◽  
Winnie K Luseno
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Male Circumcision ◽  
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Medical Male Circumcision ◽  
Public Health Initiative ◽  
The Many ◽  
Global Initiatives ◽  
Health Programmes

The use of targets to direct public health programmes, particularly in global initiatives, has become widely accepted and commonplace. This paper is an ethical analysis of the utilisation of targets in global public health using our fieldwork on and experiences with voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) initiatives in Kenya. Among the many countries involved in VMMC for HIV prevention, Kenya is considered a success story, its programmes having medically circumcised nearly 2 million men since 2007. We describe ethically problematic practices in Kenyan VMMC programmes revealed by our fieldwork, how the problems are related to the pursuit of targets and discuss possible approaches to their management. Although the establishment and pursuit of targets in public health can have many benefits, assessments of target-driven programmes tend to focus on quantifiable outcomes rather than the processes by which the outcomes are obtained. However, in order to speak more robustly about programmatic ‘success’, and to maintain community trust, it is vital to ethically evaluate how a public health initiative is actually implemented in the pursuit of its targets.

scholarly journals Application of an HIV Prevention Cascade to Identify Gaps in Increasing Coverage of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services in 42 Rural Zambian Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 1095-1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette Hensen ◽  
Elizabeth Fearon ◽  
Ab Schaap ◽  
James J. Lewis ◽  
Helen A. Weiss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Male Circumcision ◽  
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision ◽  
Medical Male Circumcision

scholarly journals Economic compensation interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. e0227623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin E. Kennedy ◽  
Ping Teresa Yeh ◽  
Kaitlyn Atkins ◽  
Virginia A. Fonner ◽  
Michael D. Sweat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Male Circumcision ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision ◽  
Medical Male Circumcision
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