Understanding how social support influences peer-delivered HIV prevention interventions among Ugandan female sex workers: a case study from HIV self-testing
Female sex workers (FSWs) have tightly connected peer networks and remain at high risk of HIV acquisition. Peer delivery of HIV prevention interventions, such as HIV self-testing (HIVST), is a recommended implementation strategy for increasing intervention uptake and continuation among FSWs. We anal...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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03 March 2022
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BMC public health
Year: 2022, Jahrgang: 22, Pages: 1-10 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-022-12836-3 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12836-3 |
| Verfasserangaben: | Maureen McGowan, Stephanie D. Roche, Aidah Nakitende, Jonas Wachinger, Esther Nanyiri, Jocelyn Amongin, Ajiri Nakabuye, Daniel Kibuuka Musoke, Shannon A. McMahon, Till Bӓrnighausen and Katrina F. Ortblad |
| Zusammenfassung: | Female sex workers (FSWs) have tightly connected peer networks and remain at high risk of HIV acquisition. Peer delivery of HIV prevention interventions, such as HIV self-testing (HIVST), is a recommended implementation strategy for increasing intervention uptake and continuation among FSWs. We analyzed qualitative data from a peer-delivered HIVST intervention among FSWs in urban Uganda to understand the ways social support within this peer network can motivate or discourage the uptake of peer-delivered HIVST. |
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| Beschreibung: | Gesehen am 12.04.2022 |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-022-12836-3 |