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Authors
Shenderovich, Yulia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0254-3397
Boyes, Mark
Esposti, Michelle Degli
Casale, Marisa
Toska, Elona
Roberts, Kathryn J.
Cluver, Lucie
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
International AIDS Society (155-Hod; 2018/625-TOS)
Claude Leon Foundation (F08 559/C)
Evidence for HIV Prevention in Southern Africa (N/A)
Nuffield Foundation (N/A)
Oak Foundation (R46194/AA001 and OFIL-20-057)
Regional Inter-Agency Task Team for Children Affected by AIDS - Eastern and Southern Africa (N/A)
John Fell Fund, University of Oxford (161/033 and 103/757)
Leverhulme Trust (PLP-2014-095)
University of Oxford’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Accounta (1602-KEA-189 and K1311-KEA-004)
UNFPA South Africa (N/A)
UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Office (N/A)
UKRI GCRF Accelerating Achievement for Africa's Adolescents (Accelerate) Hub (ES/S008101/1)
Fogarty International Center (K43TW011434)
European Research Council (n°313421and n°737476)
University of Oxford (Oxford University Clarendon-Green Templeton College Scholarship)
National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia (1173043)
Economic and Social Research Council (Economic Social Research Council PhD studentship awarded through the UBEL-DTP)
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Article History
Received: 18 August 2020
Accepted: 28 December 2020
First Online: 20 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approvals were obtained from Universities of Oxford (SSD/CUREC2/12–21), Cape Town (CSSR 2013/14), provincial department of Basic Education (04/04/2014) and Health (29/08/2013), and participating facilities. Informed voluntary written consent was obtained from both adolescents and caregivers when adolescents were under 18 years old. Adolescents could withdraw from the research at any time. Based on the recommendation of the study’s adolescent advisory group, the young people were provided with a snack and small gift pack including toiletries and school stationery, regardless of interview completion. Participants who were experiencing serious harm or were at risk of harm received support to engage with relevant services.
: Not applicable, as this manuscript only uses quantitative data from surveys which use unique identifiers and not names nor contact information.
: Study sponsors were not involved in study design, data collection, analyses nor interpretation, the writing of this manuscript, nor the decision to submission of this manuscript. Authors declare that they have no competing interests.
