Economic compensation interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CE Kennedy, PT Yeh, K Atkins, VA Fonner, MD Sweat… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Economic compensation interventions may help support higher voluntary
medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage in priority sub-Saharan African countries. To …

The effectiveness of demand creation interventions for voluntary male medical circumcision for HIV prevention in sub‐Saharan Africa: a mixed methods systematic …

S Ensor, B Davies, T Rai, H Ward - Journal of the International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction UNAID S has recommended that in 14 countries across sub‐Saharan Africa
(SSA), 90% of men aged 10 to 29 years should be circumcised by 2021 to help reduce …

Linking at-risk South African girls to sexual violence and reproductive health services: A mixed-methods assessment of a soccer-based HIV prevention program and …

KG Merrill, JC Merrill, RB Hershow, C Barkley… - Evaluation and program …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Grassroot Soccer developed SKILLZ Street—a soccer-based life skills program with
a supplementary SMS platform—to support adolescent girls at risk for HIV, violence, and …

A scoping review of sport-based health promotion interventions with youth in Africa

AH Hansell, PR Giacobbi Jr… - Health promotion …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Africa has the highest rates of child mortality and diseases in the world. Research suggests
that sport can be an effective way to enhance health knowledge and behaviors among at …

Service delivery interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review

K Atkins, PT Yeh, CE Kennedy, VA Fonner, MD Sweat… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) remains an essential component
of combination HIV prevention services, particularly in priority countries in sub-Saharan …

Utilizing soccer for delivery of HIV and substance use prevention for young South African men: 6-month outcomes of a cluster randomized controlled trial

S Rabie, M Tomlinson, E Almirol, J Stewart, Z Skiti… - AIDS and Behavior, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Young men in South Africa face the intersecting epidemics of HIV, substance use
and endemic poverty. We tested the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention using soccer …

Age differences in perceptions of and motivations for voluntary medical male circumcision among adolescents in South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe

EU Patel, MR Kaufman, KH Dam… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have set a Fast-Track goal to achieve 90% coverage of …

Can nudging overcome procrastinating on preventive health investments?

W Friedman, N Wilson - Economics & Human Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
A fundamental puzzle about human behavior is low investment in preventive health inputs.
Present-biased preferences have frequently been put forth as a theoretical explanation for …

Influence of supply-side factors on voluntary medical male circumcision costs in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zambia

S Bautista-Arredondo, SG Sosa-Rubi, M Opuni… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background In this study, we described facility-level voluntary medical male circumcision
(VMMC) unit cost, examined unit cost variation across facilities, and investigated key facility …

Lessons from a decade of voluntary medical male circumcision implementation and their application to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis scale up

JB Reed, RR Patel, R Baggaley - International journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the ability to curb HIV incidence worldwide and
bring us closer to ending the HIV epidemic. Scale up of PrEP service delivery has many …