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dc.contributor.authorHarling, Guyen_US
dc.contributor.authorGumede, Dumileen_US
dc.contributor.authorShahmanesh, Maryamen_US
dc.contributor.authorPillay, Deenanen_US
dc.contributor.authorBärnighausen, Till W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTanser, Franken_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-04T12:52:02Z-
dc.date.available2022-11-04T12:52:02Z-
dc.date.issued2018-01-
dc.identifier.citationHarling, G. 2018. Sources of social support and sexual behaviour advice for young adults in rural South Africa. BMJ global health. 3(6): e000955-. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000955en_US
dc.identifier.issn2059-7908 (Online)-
dc.identifier.otherpubmed: 30498588-
dc.identifier.otherpmc: PMC6254751-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10321/4486-
dc.description.abstractWhile young people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are at greatest risk of HIV acquisition, uptake of HIV prevention interventions among them has been limited. Interventions delivered through social connections have changed behaviour in many settings, but not to date in SSA. There is little systematic evidence on whom young SSA adults turn to for advice. We therefore conducted an exploratory cross-sectional study from whom young rural South Africans received support and sexual behaviour-specific advice.<h4>Methods</h4>We asked 119 18-34  year olds in rural KwaZulu-Natal about the important people in their lives who provided emotional, informational, financial, physical, social or other support. We also asked whether they had discussed sex or HIV prevention with each contact named. We used descriptive statistics and logistic regression to analyse support and advice provision patterns.<h4>Results</h4>Respondents named 394 important contacts, each providing a mean of 1.7 types of support. Most contacts were relatives, same-gender friends or romantic partners. Relatives provided most informational, financial and physical support; friends and partners more social support and sexual advice. Respondents reported discussing sexual matters with 60% of contacts. Sources of support changed with age, from friends and parents, towards siblings and partners.<h4>Discussion</h4>Sexual health interventions for young adults in rural South Africa may be able to harness friend and same-generation kin social ties through which sex is already discussed, and parental ties through which other forms of support are transmitted. The gender-segregated nature of social connections may require separate interventions for men and women.en_US
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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMJen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBMJ global health; Vol. 3, Issue 6en_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectAdviceen_US
dc.subjectSexual behaviouren_US
dc.subjectSocial supporten_US
dc.subjectYouthen_US
dc.titleSources of social support and sexual behaviour advice for young adults in rural South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.date.updated2022-10-26T14:05:58Z-
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-9-22-
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000955-
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