Open AccessThe Invisible Product: Preferences for Sustained-Release, Long-Acting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis to HIV Among South African Youth
Author(s) -
Elizabeth T. Montgomery,
Millicent Atujuna,
Emily Krogstad,
Miriam Hartmann,
Sheily Ndwayana,
Shan O’Rourke,
LindaGail Bekker,
Ariane van der Straten,
Alexandra Minnis
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001960
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , focus group , product (mathematics) , population , invisibility , preference , qualitative research , psychology , family medicine , environmental health , marketing , business , sociology , social science , physics , geometry , mathematics , economics , optics , microeconomics
Long-acting injectable and implantable approaches aim to overcome some of the documented challenges with uptake and adherence to current HIV prevention methods. Youth are a key end-user population for these methods. We used qualitative methods to examine product attributes and preferences for current and future long-acting HIV prevention approaches.