ArticleAIDS and behavior2022
Women's Perceptions of HIV- and Sexuality-Related Stigma in Relation to PrEP: Qualitative Findings from the Masibambane Study, Durban, South Africa.
Article in AIDS and behavior, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04833127 (Developing a Gender-Enhanced Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers.
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The trial behind it
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Developing a Gender-Enhanced Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Information-Motivational Workshop for Young South African Women
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Evaluating Motivational Interviewing and Peer Adherence Support as Strategies to Improve Oral PrEP Adherence among HIV-Negative Adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
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- "They Knew Nothing About Sex": Cultural Silence, Gendered Expectations, and Barriers to PrEP for Young Black Women.American journal of sexuality education · 2026Article
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- 'It is scary to pause treatment': perspectives on HIV cure-related research and analytical treatment interruptions from women diagnosed during acute HIV in Durban, South Africa.HIV research & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Shades of Contemplation: HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Decision-Making among Young Women in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Masibambane (Let Us Work Together), Ladies Chat: Pilot Evaluation of an Online, Gender-Enhanced, Group-Interactive Workshop to Promote Oral PrEP to Young South African Women.AIDS and behavior · 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
- Applying the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model to a video-assisted HPV intervention to promote self-screening uptake: a qualitative study in Western Kenya.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Understanding PrEP misconceptions and their impact on PrEP initiation and use among pregnant and lactating women in Malawi.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Intersectional HIV stigma in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean: Insights and pathways forward - A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Willingness of adolescent girls and young women to participate in future clinical trials of long-acting PrEP implants for HIV prevention, Kampala Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Barriers to PrEP use and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in Eastern, Southern, and Western Africa: a scoping review.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Health System Factors Influencing the Integration of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis into Antenatal and Postnatal Clinic Services in Cape Town, South Africa.Global health, science and practice · 2024Article
- "Killing two birds with one stone" - a qualitative study on women's perspectives on the dual prevention pill in Johannesburg, South Africa.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Preferences for Long-Acting PrEP Products Among Women and Girls: A Quantitative Survey and Discrete Choice Experiment in Eswatini, Kenya, and South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Perceptions of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among men living with HIV in the context of reproductive goals in South Africa: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The development of a conceptual framework on PrEP stigma among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Review
- "It doesn't exist, only other people have it, or it's bad luck": perceptions of HIV as barriers to its prevention in Bata.BMC public health · 2023Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) offers effective HIV prevention. In South Africa, PrEP is publicly available, but use among young women remains low. We explored young women's perceptions of PrEP to inform a gender-focused intervention to promote PrEP uptake. Six focus group discussions and eight in-depth interviews exploring perceptions of PrEP were conducted with forty-six women not using PrEP, ages 18-25, from central Durban. Data were thematically analyzed using a team-based consensus approach. The study was conducted among likely PrEP users: women were highly-educated, with 84.8% enrolled in post-secondary education. Qualitative data revealed intersecting social stigmas related to HIV and women's sexuality. Women feared that daily PrEP pills would be confused with anti-retroviral treatment, creating vulnerability to misplaced HIV stigma. Women also anticipated that taking PrEP could expose them to assumptions of promiscuity from the community. To address these anticipated community-level reactions, women suggested community-facing interventions to reduce the burden on young women considering PrEP. Concerns around PrEP use in this group of urban, educated women reflects layered stigmas that may inhibit future PrEP use. Stigma-reducing strategies, such as media campaigns and educational interventions directed at communities who could benefit from PrEP, should re-frame PrEP as an empowering and responsible choice for young women.
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