Talking about PrEP: South African adolescent girls and young women's communication about pre-exposure prophylaxis with partners, parents and peers
To address barriers to effective PrEP communication, community PrEP awareness campaigns and education programmes are needed and should include men, parents and peers. Increased knowledge and awareness of PrEP is likely to result in reduced PrEP stigma, improved PrEP communication and subsequent uptake.
Authors
- Kim Jonas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4469-6674)
- Catherine Mathews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5368-1127)
- Zoe Duby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7615-8152)
- Kate Bergh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-5819)
- Babalwa Sindi
- Mari Lotvonen
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Management College of Southern Africa (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Reproductive Health
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frph.2025.1668275
- Primary Topic
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- South African Medical Research Council
- Medical Research Council