A mixed methods process evaluation: understanding the implementation and delivery of HIV prevention services integrated within sexual reproductive health (SRH) with or without peer support amongst adolescents and young adults in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Humans
Adolescent
South Africa
/ epidemiology
Young Adult
HIV Infections
/ prevention & control
Male
Female
Peer Group
Adult
Sexual Health
Reproductive Health
Rural Population
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
/ organization & administration
Reproductive Health Services
Social Support
Process Assessment, Health Care
Journal
Trials
ISSN: 1745-6215
Titre abrégé: Trials
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101263253
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Jul 2024
03 Jul 2024
Historique:
received:
28
01
2024
accepted:
20
06
2024
medline:
4
7
2024
pubmed:
4
7
2024
entrez:
3
7
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Combination prevention interventions, when integrated with community-based support, have been shown to be particularly beneficial to adolescent and young peoples' sexual and reproductive health. Between 2020 and 2022, the Africa Health Research Institute in rural South Africa conducted a 2 × 2 randomised factorial trial among young people aged 16-29 years old (Isisekelo Sempilo) to evaluate whether integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health (HIV/SRH) with or without peer support will optimise delivery of HIV prevention and care. Using mixed methods, we conducted a process evaluation to provide insights to and describe the implementation of a community-based peer-led HIV care and prevention intervention targeting adolescents and young people. The process evaluation was conducted in accordance with the Medical Research Council guidelines using quantitative and qualitative approaches. Self-completed surveys and clinic and programmatic data were used to quantify the uptake of each component of the intervention and to understand intervention fidelity and reach. In-depth individual interviews were used to understand intervention experiences. Baseline sociodemographic factors were summarised for each trial arm, and proportions of participants who accepted and actively engaged in various components of the intervention as well as those who successfully linked to care were calculated. Qualitative data were thematically analysed. The intervention was feasible and acceptable to young people and intervention implementing teams. In particular, the STI testing and SRH components of the intervention were popular. The main challenges with the peer support implementation were due to fidelity, mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that it was important to incorporate familial support into interventions for young people's sexual health. Moreover, it was found that psychological and social support was an essential component to combination HIV prevention packages for young people. The results demonstrated that peer-led community-based care that integrates SRH services with HIV is a versatile model to decentralise health and social care. The family could be a platform to target restrictive gender and sexual norms, by challenging not only attitudes and behaviours related to gender among young people but also the gendered structures that surround them.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Combination prevention interventions, when integrated with community-based support, have been shown to be particularly beneficial to adolescent and young peoples' sexual and reproductive health. Between 2020 and 2022, the Africa Health Research Institute in rural South Africa conducted a 2 × 2 randomised factorial trial among young people aged 16-29 years old (Isisekelo Sempilo) to evaluate whether integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health (HIV/SRH) with or without peer support will optimise delivery of HIV prevention and care. Using mixed methods, we conducted a process evaluation to provide insights to and describe the implementation of a community-based peer-led HIV care and prevention intervention targeting adolescents and young people.
METHODS
METHODS
The process evaluation was conducted in accordance with the Medical Research Council guidelines using quantitative and qualitative approaches. Self-completed surveys and clinic and programmatic data were used to quantify the uptake of each component of the intervention and to understand intervention fidelity and reach. In-depth individual interviews were used to understand intervention experiences. Baseline sociodemographic factors were summarised for each trial arm, and proportions of participants who accepted and actively engaged in various components of the intervention as well as those who successfully linked to care were calculated. Qualitative data were thematically analysed.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The intervention was feasible and acceptable to young people and intervention implementing teams. In particular, the STI testing and SRH components of the intervention were popular. The main challenges with the peer support implementation were due to fidelity, mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that it was important to incorporate familial support into interventions for young people's sexual health. Moreover, it was found that psychological and social support was an essential component to combination HIV prevention packages for young people.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
The results demonstrated that peer-led community-based care that integrates SRH services with HIV is a versatile model to decentralise health and social care. The family could be a platform to target restrictive gender and sexual norms, by challenging not only attitudes and behaviours related to gender among young people but also the gendered structures that surround them.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38961492
doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08279-3
pii: 10.1186/s13063-024-08279-3
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
448Subventions
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : 5R01MH114560-03
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : NIHR 301634
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : RP-2017-08-ST2-008
Pays : United States
Organisme : Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
ID : INV-033650
Pays : United States
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 082384/Z/07/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 224309/Z/21/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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