HPTN 068: A Randomized Control Trial of a Conditional Cash Transfer to Reduce HIV Infection in Young Women in South Africa—Study Design and Baseline Results

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1863-1882

  Pettifor, Audrey ^a,b,c,d   MacPhail, Catherine ^b,c,e   Selin, Amanda ^d   Gómez Olivé, F Xavier ^b   Rosenberg, Molly ^f   Wagner, Ryan G ^b   Mabuza, Wonderful ^b   Hughes, James P ^g,h   Suchindran, Chirayath ^a,d   Piwowar Manning, Estelle ⁱ   Wang, Jing ^g   Twine, Rhian ^b   Daniel, Tamu ^d   Andrew, Philip ^j   Laeyendecker, Oliver ^k,l   Agyei, Yaw ⁱ   Tollman, Stephen ^b,m,n   Kahn, Kathleen ^b,m,n   The HPTN 068 protocol team, ^o  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^f HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^g SCHARP   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j FHI 360   (United States)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^l JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^o NONE

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Author keywords

Adolescents; Cash transfers; Education; HIV; HIV prevention; South Africa; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMUNERATION; RISK; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; REMUNERATION; RISK; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84983541343     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1270-0     Document Type: Article

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