Masibambane-Ladies Chat: Developing an Online Gender-Enhanced PrEP Information-Motivation Workshop for Young South African Women.
AIDS Educ Prev
; 35(1): 14-35, 2023 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2230754
ABSTRACT
This article describes the processes of transforming an in-person group-based intervention to promote uptake of PrEP among young woman in South Africa to an online interactive "workshop" during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in person and continuing virtually, we used a step-by-step participatory approach with multiple stakeholder groups to develop nine activities to increase knowledge about, as well as motivation and intention to take PrEP, and to address gender-based barriers to PrEP. Activities were informed by our theoretical framework and formative work with young women ages 18-25. We demonstrate how we developed a gender-enhanced online PrEP workshop that was interactive, group-based, and in accordance with elements of established successful intervention design; why WhatsApp emerged as the most accessible application for the young women in our workshop; and how an intervention with a hybrid approach-alternating between chat box and live sessions-combined with verbal, written, and emoji-based communication enabled interaction among participants.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
HIV Infections
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Anti-HIV Agents
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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
AIDS Educ Prev
Journal subject:
Education
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SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Aeap.2023.35.1.14
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