Browsing School of Public Health by Subject "Adolescent girls"
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Adolescent girls’ perceptions of breastfeeding in two low-income periurban communities in South Africa
(Routledge, 2019)In South Africa, exclusive breastfeeding rates are low, and rates of teenage pregnancy are high. Educational policy enables mothers’ return to school, which conflicts with policy emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding. We ... -
Community structure and timing of sexual activity among adolescent girls in Nigeria
(Public Library of Science, 2022)Studies have linked the timing of sexual debut to unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmissible infections, including HIV. Current understandings of sexual debut among Nigerian adolescents focused on the roles of ... -
Project Last Mile and the development of the Girl Champ brand in eSwatini: Engaging the private sector to promote uptake of health services among adolescent girls and young women
(Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2021)In eSwatini and across sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are at significantly higher risk of HIV infection and poorer sexual and reproductive health (SRH) than their male counterparts. AGYW ... -
Service delivery models for enhancing linkage to and retention in HIV care services for adolescent girls and young women and adolescent boys and young men: A protocol for an overview of systematic reviews
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)n Recent advances in the HIV care continuum have shown that an individual diagnosed with HIV should be initiated on antiretroviral therapy as soon as possible regardless of the CD4 count levels and retained in HIV ...