Deanna Tollefson:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6901-1854
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole:
VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Sayan Dasgupta: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Geoffrey Setswe: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing
– review & editing
Sarah Reeves: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Project administrationRole: Writing
– review & editing
Salome Charalambous: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review &
editing
Ann Duerr: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review &
editing
Samuel Bosomprah: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLOS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
30
November
2023
Publication date Collection: 2023
Volume: 18
Issue: 11
Electronic Location Identifier: e0294719
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United
States of America
[2
]
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Vaccine and Infectious Disease & Public Health
Science Divisions, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
[3
]
The Aurum Institute, Implementation Research Division, Parktown, Gauteng, South Africa
[4
]
Department of Health Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, Gauteng, South
Africa
[5
]
Youth Health Africa, Parktown, Gauteng, South Africa
[6
]
School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South
Africa
University of Ghana School of Public Health, GHANA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The Aurum Institute was a funder to the Youth Health Africa organization, and SR supported
monitoring and evaluation activities for Youth Health Africa. This does not alter
our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. No other authors
have any conflicts of interest to report.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-23-12962
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294719
PMC ID: 10688901
PubMed ID: 38033029
SO-VID: e4a5fe3c-b2db-441f-a22c-91bfd8de676a
Copyright © © 2023 Tollefson et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
The authors received no specific funding for this work. This study was conducted on
a routinely implemented program. Aurum Institute supported miscellaneous research
costs not covered by routine program implementation. Fred Hutch paid for registration
of the trial.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
RNA viruses
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Viruses
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Retroviruses
Subject:
Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Diagnostic Medicine
Subject:
Virus Testing
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Health Care
Subject:
Health Care Facilities
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Medical Conditions
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Viral Diseases
Subject:
Covid 19
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Population Groupings
Subject:
Age Groups
Subject:
Adults
Subject:
Young Adults
Subject:
People and places
Subject:
Geographical locations
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
South Africa
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Research Facilities
Subject:
Medicine and health sciences
Subject:
Diagnostic medicine
Subject:
HIV diagnosis and management