Trial reportBMJ open2022
Process evaluation of peer-to-peer delivery of HIV self-testing and sexual health information to support HIV prevention among youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: qualitative analysis.
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- Linkage to care and prevention after HIV self-testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled it
- Social network-based approaches to HIV testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Linkage to Care and Prevention Interventions Following HIV Self-Testing: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Person-centred HIV care and prevention for youth in rural South Africa: preliminary implementation findings from Thetha Nami ngithethe nawe stepped-wedge trial of peer-navigator mobilization into mobile sexual health services.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025Trial
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- Peer-to-Peer Chain Recruitment for Enrolling Young South African Women into an HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Intervention Study: How Did It Perform?AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
- Youth-friendly services was the magic: Experiences of adolescent girls and young women in the community PrEP study, South Africa.Global public health · 2024Trial
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- Effect of peer-distributed HIV self-test kits on demand for biomedical HIV prevention in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a three-armed cluster-randomised trial comparing social networks versus direct delivery.BMJ global health · 2021Trial
- Peer network approaches for improving HIV testing, prevention and care utilisation among men in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Person-centred HIV prevention services in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.AIDS research and therapy · 2026Article
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- Barriers to and Facilitators of Heterosexual Men's Engagement with the PrEP Care Continuum in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Implementing voluntary counselling and testing services among university students in Mozambique: a mixed methods process evaluation.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Do men face greater barriers to accessing HIV testing services than women? Might HIV self-testing be the answer? Evidence from a longitudinal survey in east Zimbabwe (2018-2023).PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Leveraging social networks to expand HIV self-testing among culturally diverse MSM in Australia: insights from a CFIR-informed process evaluation.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Sexual and reproductive health interventions for mobile adolescents and young people in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Comparison of sexual risk behaviors among Zambian adolescent girls and young women living with and without HIV.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Empowering women at risk: exploring the impact of accountability partners and whatsapp groups on PrEP utilization in Soweto, South Africa.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivePeer-to-peer (PTP) HIV self-testing (HIVST) distribution models can increase uptake of HIV testing and potentially create demand for HIV treatment and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). We describe the acceptability and experiences of young women and men participating in a cluster randomised trial of PTP HIVST distribution and antiretroviral/PrEP promotion in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
methodsBetween March and September 2019, 24 pairs of trained peer navigators were randomised to two approaches to distribute HIVST packs (kits+HIV prevention information):
resultsOverall, PTP approaches were acceptable and valued by young people. Participants were comfortable sharing sexual health issues they would not share with adults. Coupled with HIVST, peer (friends) support facilitated HIV testing and solidarity for HIV status disclosure and treatment. However, some young people showed limited interest in other sexual health information provided. Some young people were wary of receiving health information from friends perceived as non-professionals while others avoided sharing personal issues with peer navigators from their community. Referral slips and youth-friendly clinics were facilitators to PrEP uptake. Family disapproval, limited information, daily pills and perceived risks were major barriers to PrEP uptake.
conclusionBoth professional (peer navigators) and social network (friends) approaches were acceptable methods to receive HIVST and sexual health information. Doubts about the professionalism of friends and overly exclusive focus on HIVST information materials may in part explain why HIVST kits, without peer navigators support, did not create demand for PrEP.
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