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- Title
Acceptability and Use of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring and Daily Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) During Breastfeeding in South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Uganda.
- Authors
Stoner, Marie C. D.; Hawley, Imogen; Mathebula, Florence; Horne, Elizea; Etima, Juliane; Kemigisha, Doreen; Mutero, Prisca; Dandadzi, Adlight; Seyama, Linly; Fabiano, Zayithwa; Scheckter, Rachel; Noguchi, Lisa; Owor, Maxensia; Balkus, Jennifer E.; Montgomery, Elizabeth T.
- Abstract
This study examines qualitative acceptability of the dapivirine vaginal ring (DVR) and oral daily pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among breastfeeding persons participating in Microbicide Trials Network 043/B-PROTECTED, a phase 3B safety and drug detectability study of DVR and oral PrEP in breastfeeding. A subsample of 52 participants were purposively sampled to participate in an in-depth interview (IDI). Breastfeeding participants found both study products to be acceptable, and easy to use. A common motivation for product use was to protect the baby from HIV, although participants' understanding of how the study drug would work to protect their babies was often unclear. While most participants did not report experiencing side effects, fears about side effects were common as both initial worries about how the study products would affect their health and the health of their baby, and increased anxiety that health issues experienced by them, or their baby were from the products.
- Subjects
UGANDA; MALAWI; SOUTH Africa; ZIMBABWE; HIV prevention; USER-centered system design; MOTIVATION (Psychology); RESEARCH methodology; CONSUMER attitudes; INTERVIEWING; FEAR; MOTHER-infant relationship; PRE-exposure prophylaxis; SURVEYS; EMTRICITABINE-tenofovir; NON-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD health services; RESEARCH funding; CERVICAL caps; DRUG side effects; JUDGMENT sampling; WORRY; ANXIETY; THEMATIC analysis; CUSTOMER satisfaction
- Publication
AIDS & Behavior, 2023, Vol 27, Issue 12, p4114
- ISSN
1090-7165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10461-023-04125-w