ArticleQualitative health research2021
"But I Gathered My Courage": HIV Self-Testing as a Pathway of Empowerment Among Ugandan Female Sex Workers.
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- Efficiency of 6-month PrEP dispensing with HIV self-testing in Kenya: an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority, implementation trial.The lancet. HIV · 2022Trial
- HIV self-testing and its associated factors among nursing and medical university students: A cross-sectional study in EasternUganda.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning in HIV testing interventions in Gauteng Province, South Africa: Opportunities, challenges, and implementation strategies.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2026Article
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- "I take it and give it to my partners who will give it to their partners": Secondary distribution of HIV self-tests by key populations in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Review
- Understanding how social support influences peer-delivered HIV prevention interventions among Ugandan female sex workers: a case study from HIV self-testing.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Assessing young Kenyan women's willingness to engage in a peer-delivered HIV self-testing and referral model for PrEP initiation: A qualitative formative research study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Novel Platforms for Biomedical HIV Prevention Delivery to Key Populations - Community Mobile Clinics, Peer-Supported, Pharmacy-Led PrEP Delivery, and the Use of Telemedicine.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2021Review
- Healthcare worker training to improve quality of care for sexual and gender minority people in sub-Saharan Africa: learning from efforts in Uganda.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Article
- Determinants of Recent HIV Self-Testing Uptake Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Jiangsu Province, China: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- HIV self-testing: finding its way in the prevention tool box.BMC medicine · 2020Article
- Willingness to use and distribute HIV self-test kits to clients and partners: A qualitative analysis of female sex workers' collective opinion and attitude in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
HIV self-testing (HIVST) increases HIV testing in diverse populations, but little is known about the experiences of individuals who self-test. We used a five-step framework approach to analyze 62 qualitative interviews with 33 female sex workers (FSWs) participating in an HIVST trial in urban Uganda. Notions of empowerment emerged from the data, and findings were interpreted based on Kabeer's empowerment framework of resources, agency, and achievements. We found that access to HIVST bolstered empowerment because it increased participant's time and money (resources), control of testing circumstances and status disclosure (agency), and sense of competency (achievements). In addition, we found that knowledge of HIV status empowered participants to better control HIV-related behaviors (agency) and recognize a new sense of self (achievements). This suggests that the availability of HIVST can facilitate feelings of empowerment, meriting a higher awareness for benefits outside of linkage to HIV treatment and prevention services.
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