ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2017
Effect of Schooling on Age-Disparate Relationships and Number of Sexual Partners Among Young Women in Rural South Africa Enrolled in HPTN 068.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of School Based Interventions on Sexual Risk Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Developmental Trajectories of Transactional Sex and Age-Disparate Relationships During Adolescence: An HPTN 068 Analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
- Transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women enrolled in a cash plus intervention in rural Tanzania: a mixed-methods study.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Trial
- The effect of school attendance and school dropout on incident HIV and HSV-2 among young women in rural South Africa enrolled in HPTN 068.AIDS (London, England) · 2017Trial
- Educational Disruption, School Dropout, and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Outcomes Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Sexual Relationship Typologies, Multilevel Determinants, and HIV Among Adolescent Mothers in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Multilevel Latent Class Analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Determinants of school dropout in the Asenze cohort study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Vulnerable children and youth studies · 2025Article
- School Dropout, Absenteeism and Coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in South Africa: Are Those Most at Risk Reached?AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Protective factors for adolescent sexual risk behaviours and experiences linked to HIV infection in South Africa: a three-wave longitudinal analysis of caregiving, education, food security, and social protection.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- The role of structural factors for preventing HIV risk practices among adolescents in South Africa: A three-wave analysis of caregiving, education, food security, and social protection.Research square · 2023Article
- Effects of Early Social Bonds on Adolescent Trajectories of Sexual Risk Behaviors Among South African Girls.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- HIV incidence and associated risk factors in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: A population-based cohort study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Modeling Combination Interventions to Prevent Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa (HIV Prevention Trials Network 068).Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Community Space, Community Groups, and Incident HIV Infection Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Rural South Africa: A Longitudinal Analysis of HIV Prevention Trials Network 068 Data.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2021Article
- Variations in HIV Risk by Young Women's Age and Partner Age Disparity in Rural South Africa (HPTN 068).Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2020Article
- The Relationship Between School Dropout and Pregnancy Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa: A HPTN 068 Analysis.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2019Article
- Age-disparate partnerships and incident HIV infection in adolescent girls and young women in rural South Africa.AIDS (London, England) · 2019Article
- Village community mobilization is associated with reduced HIV incidence in young South African women participating in the HPTN 068 study cohort.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2018Article
- Does Partner Selection Mediate the Relationship Between School Attendance and HIV/Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa: An Analysis of HIV Prevention Trials Network 068 Data.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundAttending school may have a strong preventative association with sexually transmitted infections among young women, but the mechanism for this relationship is unknown. One hypothesis is that students who attend school practice safer sex with fewer partners, establishing safer sexual networks that make them less exposed to infection.
settingWe used longitudinal data from a randomized controlled trial of young women aged 13-20 years in the Bushbuckridge district, South Africa, to determine whether the percentage of school days attended, school dropout, and grade repetition are associated with having a partner 5 or more years older (age-disparate) and with the number of sexual partners in the previous 12 months.
methodsRisks of having an age-disparate relationship and number of sexual partners were compared using inverse probability of exposure weighted Poisson regression models. Generalized estimating equations were used to account for repeated measures.
resultsYoung women who attended fewer school days (<80%) and who dropped out of school were more likely to have an age-disparate relationship (risk difference 9.9%, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.9% to 16.0%; risk difference (%) dropout 17.2%, 95% CI: 5.4% to 29.0%) and those who dropped out reported having fewer partners (count difference dropout 0.343, 95% CI: 0.192 to 0.495). Grade repetition was not associated with either behavior.
conclusionYoung women who less frequently attend school or who drop out are more likely to have an age-disparate relationship. Young women who drop out have overall more partners. These behaviors may increase the risk of exposure to HIV infection in young women out of school.
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