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STACKing the odds for adolescent survival: health service factors associated with full retention in care and adherence amongst adolescents living with HIV in South Africa
(Wiley Open Access, 2018)
INTRODUCTION: There are two million HIV-positive adolescents in southern Africa, and this group has low retention in care and
high mortality. There is almost no evidence to identify which healthcare factors can improve ...
Suicidal thoughts and behaviour among South African adolescents living with HIV: Can social support buffer the impact of stigma?
(Elsevier, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Adolescents living with HIV represent a high-risk population for suicidal ideation and attempts, especially in low-income settings. Yet little is known about risk and protective factors for suicide in this ...
Resourcing resilience: Social protection for HIV prevention amongst children and adolescents in Eastern and Southern Africa
(Routledge, 2016)
Adolescents are the only age group with growing AIDS-related morbidity and mortality in Eastern and Southern
Africa, making HIV prevention research among this population an urgent priority. Structural deprivations are ...
Exploring self-reported adherence measures to screen for elevated HIV viral load in adolescents: A South African cohort study
(Springer, 2023)
The timely identification of ART non-adherence among adolescents living with HIV presents a significant challenge, particularly
in resource-limited settings where virologic monitoring is suboptimal. Using South African ...