‘Too old to test?’: A life course approach to HIV-related risk and self-testing among midlife-older adults in Malawi
Cheryl Johnson,Cheryl Johnson,Moses Kumwenda,Jamilah Meghji,Augustine T. Choko,Augustine T. Choko,Mackwellings Phiri,Karin Hatzold,Rachel Baggaley,Miriam Taegtmeyer,Miriam Taegtmeyer,Fern Terris-Prestholt,Nicola Desmond,Nicola Desmond,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett +15 more
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In this article, the authors conducted five focus group discussions and 12 in-depth interviews between April 2013 and November 2016 among rural and urban Malawian midlife-older (≥30 years) men and women.Citations
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Progress towards the UNAIDS 90‐90‐90 targets among persons aged 50 and older living with HIV in 13 African countries
Shannon M. Farley,Chunhui Wang,Rachel Bray,Andrea Low,Stephen Delgado,David Hoos,Angela N Kakishozi,Tiffany G. Harris,Rose Nyirenda,N Wadonda,Michelle S. Li,Mbaraka Amuri,James M Juma,Nzali Kancheya,Ismela Pietersen,Nicholus Mutenda,Salomo Natanael,Appolonia Aoko,Evelyn Ngugi,Fred Asiimwe,Shirley Lee Lecher,Jennifer Ward,Prisca Chikwanda,Owen Mugurungi,Brian Moyo,Peter Nkurunziza,Dorothy Aibo,Andrew Kabala,Samuel Biraro,Felix Ndagije,Godfrey Musuka,Clement B. Ndongmo,Judith Shang,E. Kainne Dokubo,Laura Dimite,Rachel McCullough-Sanden,Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek,Yimam Getaneh,Frehywot Eshetu,Tepa Nkumbula,Lyson Tenthani,Felix R. Kayigamba,Wilford Kirungi,Joshua Musinguzi,Shirish Balachandra,Eugenie Kayirangwa,Ayiyi Ayite,Christine West,Stephane Bodika,Katrina Sleeman,Hetal Patel,Kristin Brown,Andrew C. Voetsch,Wafaa El-Sadr,Jessica Justman +54 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined 90-90-90 progress by age, 15-49 (as a comparison) and 50+ years, with further analyses among 50+ (55-59, 60-64, 65+ vs. 50-54), in 13 countries (Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe).
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The utilization profile of place for HIV testing in Indonesia: A nationwide study
Nancy Olii,Hidayat Arifin,Yulia Kurniawati,Puspita Sukmawaty Rasyid,Bun Yamin M. Badjuka,Bih-O Lee +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors determined the description of the uti cation of health facilities for HIV testing, which is an important indicator to record and track the spread and infection of HIV in Indonesia.
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“You have a self-testing method that preserves privacy so how come you cannot give us treatment that does too?” Exploring the reasoning among young people about linkage to prevention, care and treatment after HIV self-testing in Southern Malawi
Lisa Harrison,Moses Kumwenda,Lot Nyirenda,Richard Chilongosi,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Karin Hatzold,Cheryl Johnson,Musonda Simwinga,Nicola Desmond,Miriam Taegtmeyer +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored the barriers and facilitators to linkage for HIV prevention and care following uptake of HIV self-testing among young Malawians, and found that the social consequences associated with inadvertent disclosure of HIV sero-status were a significant deterrent to linkage.
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Exploring factors associated with preferences for human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling among racially- and ethnically-diverse women in Minnesota: A cross-sectional study
Serena Xiong,Rahel G Ghebre,Shalini L Kulasingam,Susan M. Mason,Rebekah Pratt,DeAnn Lazovich +5 more
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that women aged 30-65 years old were recruited across Minnesota to complete an online survey to assess five outcome measures related to human papillomavirus self-sampling: awareness of test; self-efficacy to conduct test; location preference of test (clinic vs. home); collector preference (self vs. clinician); and preference of CCS strategy (HPV self sampling vs. Pap test).
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HIV after 40 in rural South Africa: A life course approach to HIV vulnerability among middle aged and older adults.
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Trends in knowledge of HIV status and efficiency of HIV testing services in sub-Saharan Africa (2000-2020): a modelling study of survey and HIV testing program data
Katia Giguère,Jeffrey W. Eaton,Kimberly Marsh,Leigh F. Johnson,Cheryl Johnson,Eboi Ehui,Andreas Jahn,Ian Wanyeki,Francisco Mbofana,Fidèle Bakiono,Mary Mahy,Mathieu Maheu-Giroux +11 more
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Experiences of HIV-related stigma among HIV-positive older persons in Uganda – a mixed methods analysis
Monica O. Kuteesa,Stuart I. Wright,Janet Seeley,Joseph Mugisha,Eugene Kinyanda,Frederick Kakembo,Richard Mwesigwa,Francis Scholten +7 more
TL;DR: Qualitative data revealed that stigma ranges from: perceptions (relatively passive, but leading to behaviour such as gossip, especially if not intended maliciously); to discriminatory behaviour (active or enacted stigma; from malicious gossip to outright discrimination).
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HIV behavioural interventions targeted towards older adults: a systematic review
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