TY - JOUR
T1 - MASIBAMBANE—LADIES CHAT
T2 - DEVELOPING AN ONLINE GENDER-ENHANCED PREP INFORMATION-MOTIVATION WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN
AU - Hanass-Hancock, Jill
AU - Bhengu, Nonhlonipho
AU - Exner, Theresa
AU - Magusthwa, Slindile
AU - Harrison, Abigail
AU - Dolezal, Curtis
AU - Miller, Lori
AU - Bauman, Laurie
AU - Hoffman, Susie
N1 - Funding Information:
Diseases (NIAID) T32AI114398. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Authors TE, CD, and SH are also supported by a NIMH Center Grant (P30-MH43520; Principal Investigator: Robert H. Remien). SH, JHH, AH, and TE conceptualized the study. JHH, NB, and SM were responsible for the implementation and data collection in Durban, with support from AH, TE, and SH. CD was responsible for the quantitative data management. JHH, NB, and TE developed the online workshop intervention with the Intervention Development Working Group. AH and JHH led qualitative data analysis. JHH is the primary author of this paper drafting the first and final version. All authors reviewed and added to the paper. Revisions were made and the final manuscript was approved by all authors. Address correspondence to Jill Hanass-Hancock, PhD, SAMRC, 491 Peter Mokaba Rd., Morningside, Durban 4091, South Africa. E-mail: Jill.hanasshancock@mrc.ac.za
Funding Information:
Jill Hanass-Hancock, PhD, is affiliated with the South African Medical Research Council, Gender and Health Research Unit, Durban, South Africa, and UKZN, School of Health Sciences, Durban, South Africa. Nonhlonipho Bhengu, BA, and Slindile Magusthwa, BA, are affiliated with the South African Medical Research Council, Gender and Health Research Unit. Theresa Exner, PhD, Curtis Dolezal, PhD, and Susie Hoffman, DrPH, are affiliated with Columbia University and the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York. Abigail Harrison, PhD, is affiliated with Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island. Lori Miller, PhD, is affiliated with ICAP, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Laurie Bauman, PhD, is affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. The authors would like to thank participants; the intervention development working group; reviewers Samantha Willan, Pinky Mashlungu, Virginia Russell, and Philip Kreniske; fieldworkers Silindile Khum-alo, Cebo Buthelezi, Sizakele Sukazi, Lindumusa Msomi, Themba Tshabalala, Sue Wilson, and Nonkule-leko Tesfey; as well as internal testers Ayanda Nzuza and Nomfundo Mthethwa. This study was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) through R34MH11578 (principal investigators: SH and JHH), the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the SAMRC SIB grant 2019. Author LM was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Guilford Press.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - This article describes the processes of transforming an in-person group-based intervention to promote uptake of PrEP among young woman in South Africa to an online interactive “workshop” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in person and continuing virtually, we used a step-by-step partici-patory approach with multiple stakeholder groups to develop nine activities to increase knowledge about, as well as motivation and intention to take PrEP, and to address gender-based barriers to PrEP. Activities were informed by our theoretical framework and formative work with young women ages 18–25. We demonstrate how we developed a gender-enhanced online PrEP workshop that was interactive, group-based, and in accordance with elements of established successful intervention design; why WhatsApp emerged as the most accessible application for the young women in our workshop; and how an intervention with a hybrid approach—alternating between chat box and live sessions—combined with verbal, written, and emoji-based communication enabled interaction among participants.
AB - This article describes the processes of transforming an in-person group-based intervention to promote uptake of PrEP among young woman in South Africa to an online interactive “workshop” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in person and continuing virtually, we used a step-by-step partici-patory approach with multiple stakeholder groups to develop nine activities to increase knowledge about, as well as motivation and intention to take PrEP, and to address gender-based barriers to PrEP. Activities were informed by our theoretical framework and formative work with young women ages 18–25. We demonstrate how we developed a gender-enhanced online PrEP workshop that was interactive, group-based, and in accordance with elements of established successful intervention design; why WhatsApp emerged as the most accessible application for the young women in our workshop; and how an intervention with a hybrid approach—alternating between chat box and live sessions—combined with verbal, written, and emoji-based communication enabled interaction among participants.
KW - Africa
KW - HIV prevention
KW - PrEP
KW - intervention development
KW - mHealth
KW - women
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U2 - 10.1521/aeap.2023.35.1.14
DO - 10.1521/aeap.2023.35.1.14
M3 - Article
C2 - 36735226
AN - SCOPUS:85147457231
SN - 0899-9546
VL - 35
SP - 14
EP - 35
JO - AIDS Education and Prevention
JF - AIDS Education and Prevention
IS - 1
ER -
