Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of integrating screening for gender-based violence into HIV counselling and testing for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania and South Africa

Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of integrating screening for gender-based violence into HIV counselling and testing for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania and South Africa

Abstract Background Gender-based violence (GBV) undermines HIV prevention and treatment cascades, particularly among women who report partner violence. Screening for violence during HIV testing, and prior to offering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to HIV uninfected women, provides an opportunity to...

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Main Authors: Manuela Colombini, Fiona Scorgie, Anne Stangl, Sheila Harvey, Lethabo Ramskin, Nomhle Khoza, Emma Mashauri, Deborah Baron, Shelley Lees, Saidi Kapiga, Charlotte Watts, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, on behalf of the EMPOWER study team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Gender-based violence
Screening
PrEP
HIV prevention
Adolescent girls and young women
Service integration
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10454-z

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