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"I am still negative": Female sex workers' perspectives on uptake and use of daily pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in South Africa.
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- HIV Prevention Product Acceptability and Preference Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa to Inform Novel Biomedical Options in Development: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2025Pooled it
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- The Intersection of Human Rights, HIV and Sex Work: Implications for Ending AIDS in Thailand by 2030.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2026Article
- Intensive longitudinal follow-up of cisgender and transgender women engaged in sex work during the three months following initiation of daily oral PrEP: A series of case-studies with mixed-method assessments.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Developing a Female Sex Worker-Led Program to Improve the Uptake of Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in South Africa: An Intervention Mapping Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Left behind? A longitudinal analysis of need for preexposure prophylaxis services among middle-aged and older adults in South Africa.AIDS (London, England) · 2025Article
- Stakeholder Perspectives on a Community-Based Peer-Led Biomedical HIV Prevention Intervention for Women Who Engage in Sex Work in Southwestern Uganda: Results from a Qualitative Study.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
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- Barriers and facilitators to uptake and persistence on prep among key populations in Southern Province, Zambia: a thematic analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Qualitative focus group discussions exploring PrEP method and service delivery preferences among female sex workers and their managers in four Zambian provinces.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- PrEP discontinuation, cycling, and risk: Understanding the dynamic nature of PrEP use among female sex workers in South Africa.PloS one · 2024Article
- Motivations for pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and decline in an HIV-hyperendemic setting: findings from a qualitative implementation study in Lesotho.AIDS research and therapy · 2023Article
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake concerns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Key population and healthcare workers perspectives.PloS one · 2023Article
- End-user research in support of long-acting systemic antiretroviral delivery systems: insights from qualitative research with providers and target users in South Africa.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- HIV prevention for the next decade: Appropriate, person-centred, prioritised, effective, combination prevention.PLoS medicine · 2022Article
- Partner violence as conversation opener for preexposure prophylaxis use among younger women.AIDS (London, England) · 2022Article
- A Human Rights Case Study on Access to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Female Sex Workers in South Africa.Health and human rights · 2022Article
- Mapping Interests in Event-Driven and Long-Acting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Formulations onto the HIV Risk Environment of Street-Based Female Sex Workers: A Latent Class Analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
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Abstract
Women remain highly vulnerable to HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, with female sex workers (FSWs) facing some of the highest rates of HIV. Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to reduce new infections among populations at highest risk and end-user perspectives of actual use in 'real-world' settings are critical to informing PrEP implementation. This paper presents findings from serial in-depth interviews (IDIs) conducted with FSW participants during the course of the Treatment And Prevention for Sex workers (TAPS) Demonstration Project in South Africa, exploring the lived experiences and perceptions of taking up and using PrEP. This research provides insight into risks and responsibilities facing FSWs perceived as prominent drivers in taking up and using PrEP, how PrEP was adopted to mitigate risk or ameliorate realities, and the characteristics of PrEP most valued, all of which are critical to consider in scale-up. Overall, distrust in the existence and/or efficacy of PrEP affected the motivation of women to come to the clinic and to maintain use. As one of the first reports of PrEP use among FSWs outside of a clinical trial setting, this research shows that it will be important to ensure accurate, relevant, and widespread messaging in communities to generate demand and support for PrEP.
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