Accelerators for improved health among adolescent mothers in South Africa: HIV and violence prevention, sexual reproductive health and education success
This real-world, longitudinal cohort design study identifies services with accelerator impacts that protect adolescent mothers against multiple risks. These can be realised through improved reach of existing services to include adolescent mothers: economic support including government cash transfers, parenting programmes and adolescent-responsive healthcare.
Authors
- Mildred Thabeng
- Kristen de Graaf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9926-0635)
- Kathryn J. Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1200-5362)
- Bongiwe Saliwe
- Laurie Gulaid
- Lulama Sidloyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-5999)
- Lucie Dale Cluver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0418-835X)
- Boladé Hamed Banougnin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5439-316X)
- Janina Jochim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6449-9838)
- Alice Armstrong
- Elona Toska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-3173)
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Oxford Policy Management (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Université du Sahel (SN)
- Oxford Applied Research (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Oxford Research (Norway) (NO)
- Cape Town Science Centre (ZA)
- University College London (GB)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017614
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- Oak Foundation
- UNICEF
- UK Research and Innovation
- Department of Health and Social Care
- European Commission
- National Research Foundation
- International AIDS Society
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- National Institutes of Health
- Medical Research Council
- Research England
- Fogarty International Center