Policies and Practices Facilitating Access to and Uptake of HIV Testing Services among Adolescents in Sub-Sahara Africa: A Narrative Review

DS Boakye, E Kumah, S Adjorlolo - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2024 - Springer
Supportive policies, youth-responsive adaptations across testing models and strengthening
age-disaggregated monitoring are vital to improving adolescents' engagement across the …

Pooled prevalence, spatial variation and associated factors of HIV testing uptake among multiple sexual partners in Sub Saharan Africa: Spatial and multilevel …

EB Lealem, EG Zeleke, BA Andargie, A Wagnew - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Uptake of HIV testing is vital for the early diagnosis of HIV infection and
initiation of treatment, which are used to eliminate the disease's progression and reduce HIV …

[HTML][HTML] Energy and vulnerability: Exploring the energy poverty-risky sexual behavior nexus among young women in Ghana

MA Okyere, AK Christian, F Essel-Gaisey… - SSM-Population Health, 2024 - Elsevier
While recent policy agendas have extensively addressed both energy poverty and risky
sexual behavior separately, little research has explored their intersection. This pioneering …

Prevalence and predictors of HIV testing among young men in Papua New Guinea: A cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative sample

MK Maviso - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background HIV testing is an important component of HIV prevention and serves as a
gateway to other HIV-related services. However, the uptake remains suboptimal among …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial distribution and determinants of Early sexual initiation in Ethiopia

SD Kebede, N Kebede, MM Mihiretu, EB Enyew… - BMC public …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods The study was conducted on secondary data from the PMA 2021 cross-sectional
survey which conducted nationally from November 2021 to January 2022 which is in the …

Associations between perceived and actual risk of HIV infection and HIV prevention services uptake among men who have sex with men in Shandong province, China …

Y Lin, C Li, M Liao, K Jiao, J Ma, Y Yan, Y Li, T Wu… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Associations between perceived and actual risk of HIV infection and HIV
prevention services uptake are inconclusive. This study aimed to evaluate the discrepancy …

Spatial variation of premarital HIV testing and its associated factors among married women in Ethiopia: Multilevel and spatial analysis using 2016 demographic and …

WM Tilahun, TK Tesfie - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Africa is the most severely affected area, accounting for more than two-thirds of
the people living with HIV. In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 85% of new HIV-infected …

Youth Risky and Antisocial Behaviors in Newfoundland and Labrador: The Perspectives of Young People

PA Issahaku, A Adam, A Sulemana - SAGE Open, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
What do young people know about youth risky and antisocial behaviors (RASB) and what do
they suggest could be done to address these behaviors? Although there is much literature …

Adolescents' risky sexual behaviours and practices: Implications for sexuality education implementation in Zambia

B Mukanga, SB Dlamini, N Mwanabute… - African Journal of …, 2024 - scielo.org.za
Abstract MUKANGA, Bright; DLAMINI, Siyabonga B.; MWANABUTE, Ngoy and TAYLOR,
Myra. Adolescents' risky sexual behaviours and practices: Implications for sexuality …

On characterizing gender and locational composition of adult PLHIV in Nigeria: Implications for HIV programming

TV Lawal, OK Oyedele, NP Andrew - PLOS Global Public Health, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a global public health menace, and studies
have suggested variations across demographic characteristics. This study attempted to …