Publications
Limited effectiveness of HIV prevention for young people in sub-Saharan Africa: studying the role of intervention and evaluation Ghent University
Adapting community-based sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people aged 15-24 years in response to COVID-19 in Lusaka, Zambia: the implications on the uptake of HIV testing services Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background: Across Sub-Saharan Africa, adolescents and young people (AYP) aged 15-24 have limited access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, including HIV testing services (HIS). In response, the Yathu Yathu study was implemented in two high-density communities in Lusaka, Zambia. Yathu Yathu provides comprehensive, community-based, peer-led SRH services, including differentiated HIS (finger-prick and HIV self-testing) and ...
Engaging young people in the design of a sexual reproductive health intervention: lessons learnt from the Yathu Yathu ("For us, by us") formative study in Zambia Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background
Meeting the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of adolescents and young people (AYP) requires their meaningful engagement in intervention design. We describe an iterative process of engaging AYP to finalise the design of a community-based, peer-led and incentivised SRH intervention for AYP aged 15-24 in Lusaka and the lessons learnt.
Methods
Between November 2018 and March 2019, 18 focus group ...
Uptake of HIV testing services through ,ovel community-based sexual and reproductive health services: an analysis of the pilot implementation phase of the Yathu Yathu intervention for adolescents and young people aged 15-24 in Lusaka, Zambia Institute of Tropical Medicine
Adolescents and young people aged 15-24 are underserved by available HIV-testing services (HTS). Delivering HTS through community-based, peer-led, hubs may prove acceptable and accessible to adolescents and young people, thus increasing HIV-testing coverage. We used data from the pilot phase of a cluster-randomised trial of community-based sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people in Lusaka, Zambia, between ...
Yathu Yathu ("For us, by us"): Design of a cluster-randomised trial of the impact of community-based, peer-led comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people aged 15 to 24 in Lusaka, Zambia Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, the growing population of adolescents and young people aged 15 to 24 face a high burden of HIV, and other preventable and treatable sexually transmitted infections. Despite this burden, adolescents and young people are the population least served by available sexual and reproductive (SRH) services. This trial aims to evaluate the impact of community-based peer-led SRH services, combined with a novel ...
Socially vulnerable young people in Flemish sports clubs: Investigating youth experiences Vrije Universiteit Brussel
“I Do Want to Stop, At Least I Think I Do” An International Comparison of Recovery From Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Young People Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The publicness paradox: young people and the production of parochial places Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Exploring the perceived risks and benefits of heroin use among young people (18-24 Years) in Mauritius: economic insights from an exploratory qualitative study Institute of Tropical Medicine
The decreasing age of young people injecting illicit drugs is an under-reported challenge for the prevention of HIV transmission worldwide. Young people aged 15-24 years represent 1 in 5 persons living with HIV in Mauritius where the epidemic is driven by injecting drug use and risky sexual behaviours. We recruited 22 heroin users aged 18-24 and 5 service providers working in harm reduction (HR) for the present study. Qualitative data were ...