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Stigma in the health clinic and implications for PrEP access and use by adolescent girls and young women

Conflicting perspectives in South Africa

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ID15356380
AuthorsLaura Nyblade (0000-0001-8067-4192, RTI International, corresponding author), Jacqueline Ndirangu (0000-0001-8346-7359, RTI International), Jacqueline W Ndirangu, Ilene S Speizer (0000-0001-6204-1316, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), F A Browne (0000-0002-4230-2096, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Courtney Peasant Bonner (0000-0001-6983-2698, RTI International), Alexandra M Minnis (0000-0002-2943-2005, University of California, Berkeley), Alexandra Minnis, Tracy Kline (0000-0002-6675-0360, RTI International), Tracy L Kline, Khatija Ahmed (0000-0003-0309-1641, Setshaba Research Centre), Brittni N Howard (0000-0002-2111-1143, RTI International), Erin N Cox (RTI International), Abigail Rinderle (0009-0006-7614-9348, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), W M Wechsberg (0000-0002-5146-6463, RTI International)
Year2022
Volume22
Issue1
Pages1916-1916
Publication date2022-10-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-022-14236-z
PMID36242000
OpenAlexW4306173330
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited53

Evidence is needed to inform strategies for addressing clinic stigma toward AGYW, with the goal of removing barriers to PrEP services for this group. While awareness has increased and progress has been achieved around the provision of comprehensive, youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services, these programs need to be adapted for the specific concerns of young people seeking PrEP services. Our findings point to the four key areas noted above where programs seeking to address stigma toward AGYW in clinics can tailor their programming

Confidentiality · Family medicine · Focus group · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Psychiatry · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Social stigma · Stigma (botany · Thematic analysis · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing

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Citations per year11,5
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 20
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