DDI.AHRI.Sesikhona.SexualBehaviour.Survey Nompumelelo Mkwanazi

Sweetness H Dube

Africa Health Research Institute Nesstar Publisher AHRI.Sesikhona.SexualBehaviour.Survey Prof. Frank Tanser(Principal Investigator) Prof Adrian Dobra Prof Till Barnighausen Africa Health Research Institute Nesstar Publisher National Institute of Health German Science Foundation Academy of Medical Sciences Newton Fund 5R01HD084233 BA2064/14-1 NAF527791 v1.0.0 Human mobility, HIV, GPS technology, digital technology, sexual behviour GPS technology, smartphone-based GPS, human mobility, young adults, HIV, mobile health, digital technology, sexual health, sexual behavior The Sesikhona study is the first of its kind study using smartphone-based GPS technology to record ultra-high resolution mobility patterns of over 200 young adults aged 20-30 years in rural KwaZulu Natal. The study seeks to identify distinct movement typologies within this highly mobile, HIV hyper-endemic population and to quantify travel in and out of known high-risk locations, with the long-term goal of developing a location-intelligent smartphone intervention that delivers real-time, precision messaging to individuals at heighten risk of HIV acquisition, transmission or treatment interruption. Conducted in three phases between 2021 and 2025, the study used the Avicenna Research Platform to collect GPS and survey data. Between 2023 and 2025, consenting individuals self-completed monthly sexual behavior surveys to understand the associations between mobility patterns and engagement in sexual risky behavior. South Africa Residents from uMkhanyakude in KwaZulu Natal but move anywhere in South Africa Young adults aged 20-30 years old Survey data Participants were randomly selected from the 2019 AHRI HIV surveillance program if they were aged 20-30 years old and had participated in the HIV survey in 2019 and were resident members in the southern PIP and owned a smartphone that supported the study app. Sexual behavior survey responses from Sesikhona participants via the Avicenna app 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. AHRI.Sesikhona.SexualBehaviour.Survey.2025.v1.NSDstat 1733 10 Nesstar 200801 Participant ID 1733 0 473 103961 52734.013 13566.154 Session Schedule Time 1733 2023-06-13 2025-08-12 Record Time 1539 2023-11-06 2025-10-09 Status 1733 0 1 The participant completed the activity and submitted it 1418 2 The participant did not want to complete the activity and explicitly canceled it 24 3 The activity was not responded to in time, so Ethica automatically closed the session and uploaded it to the server 260 4 The session was blocked by another active session from the same activity and could not be prompted 31 5 Based on the responses the participant has provided so far, this session's criteria is invalid and will not be presented 0 6 The session is started by the participant but it's not completed yet 0 Have you been sexually active in the last month? 1382 351 1 Yes 761 2 No 621 Sysmiss 351 Have you had sex without a condom? 756 977 1 Yes 515 2 No 241 Sysmiss 977 Have you had sex without a condom with an individual whose HIV status you did not 759 974 1 Yes 160 2 No 599 Sysmiss 974 Have you had an STI? 757 976 1 Yes 106 2 No 651 Sysmiss 976 Have you had sex with more than one partner without a condom? 758 975 1 Yes 204 2 No 554 Sysmiss 975 Have you had sex under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs? 746 987 1 Yes 140 2 No 606 Sysmiss 987