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AHRI.Motivation and preferences for community-based sexually transmitted infection screening among adolescents and young adults:Qualitative interviews, 2024

South Africa, 2024
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AHRI.Community.based.STI.2004
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Jana, Jarolimova, Maryam, Shahmanesh
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Access policy
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    AHRI.Community.based.STI.2004
    Title
    AHRI.Motivation and preferences for community-based sexually transmitted infection screening among adolescents and young adults:Qualitative interviews, 2024
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZA
    Abstract
    An unformatted summary describing the purpose, nature, and scope of the data collection, special characteristics of its contents, major subject areas covered, and what questions the PIs attempted to answer when they conducted the study. A listing of major variables in the study is important here.

    In-depth individual interviews were conducted to assess various domains regarding young people's preferences for access to sexually transmitted infection (STI) care. The interviews were conducted with adolescents and young adults, peer navigators, and nurses; the latter employed by the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI). Interviews covered several domains relating to STIs - existing knowledge, sources of information, cultural beliefs, prior experiences, preferences for accessing STI screening programs.
    Kind of Data
    De-identified interview transcripts.
    Unit of Analysis
    Individual transcripts.

    Version

    Version Description
    v1.0.0

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    Sexually transmitted diseases,Sexual health,Qualitative research,Rural population,South Africa Africa Health Research Institute
    Keywords
    Sexually transmitted infections, screening, stigma, adolscents, young adults, South Africa

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    AHRI's Population Intervention Programme Study Area (PIPSA) situated in uMkhanyakude district KwaZulu-Natal province which is approximately 200km north of Durban. The area is approximately 845km2 in size and since 2017, the area has been expanded in to include the area which was formerly used for a cluster randomised trial on treatment as a prevention(TasP).
    Universe
    A) Adolescents and young adults ages 16 to 30 years who provided informed consent and completed an interview
    B) Adults trained and working as peer navigators for AHRI at the time of the interview, who provided informed consent and completed an interview
    C) Adult research nurses, trained and employed by AHRI at the time of the interview, who provided informed consent and completed an interview

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Jana, Jarolimova Brown University Health
    Maryam, Shahmanesh Africa Health Research Institute
    Producers
    Name
    Africa Health Research Institute
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation Role
    U.S. National Institutes of Health NIH Funder
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Affiliation Role
    Zandile Mthethwa AHRI Data collection
    Sibongiseni Xulu AHRI Data collection
    Khethokuhle Nkosi AHRI Project management

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    Purposive sample of adolescents and young adults; convenience samples of peer navigators and nurses

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2024-06-01 2024-12-31

    Data processing

    Data Editing
    Interviews were audio recorded and manually transcribed, then translated from isiZulu to English. Interviews were fully de-identified.

    Access policy

    Access conditions
    Access to the data requires accurate completion of the online data access application form accessible on the AHRI Data repository(<https://data.ahri.org/>). Data users are required to abide by the data use conditions stipulated on the application for access to the data. Failure to do so may result in their data access privileges being revoked by the Data Custodian. In order to recognise the effort and intellectual contributions of AHRI investigators in producing and curating the data, users of AHRI data must acknowledge the source of the data and abide by the terms and conditions under which the data is accessed and must cite the dataset in publication using the citation provided as part of this documentation. All analytical datasets published on the AHRI Data Repository are assigned digital object identifier (DOIs) and the DOIs can be found on the Data Repository under Study Description tab - Access policy. AHRI data users are required to always cite the dataset using the relevant DOI.
    Citation requirements
    Jarolimova, J., & Maryam, M. (2025). AHRI.Motivation and preferences for community-based sexually transmitted infection screening among adolescents and young adults:Qualitative interviews, 2024. Africa Health Research Institute.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23664/AHRI.COMMUNITY.BASED.STI.2004

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    DDI.Community.based.STI.2004
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation
    Africa Health Research Institute AHRI
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