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Table 2 Participant demographics

From: Health care providers’ attitudes toward and experiences delivering oral PrEP to adolescent girls and young women in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

 

Kenya

(n = 40)

South Africa

(n = 46)

Zimbabwe

(n = 27)

Overall

(n = 113)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age, mean ± SDa

33.1 ± 8.3

30.0 ± 10.5

38.7 ± 9.9

33.4 ± 10.1

Sexa

  Male

13 (33 %)

8 (21 %)

10 (37 %)

31 (30 %)

  Female

27 (68 %)

30 (79 %)

17 (63 %)

74 (70 %)

Positiona

  Clinician

11 (28 %)

2 (5 %)

6 (22 %)

19 (18 %)

  Nurse

10 (25 %)

7 (18 %)

12 (44 %)

29 (28 %)

  Counselor

9 (23 %)

6 (16 %)

3 (11 %)

18 (17 %)

  Community-based worker

10 (25 %)

23 (61 %)

6 (22 %)

39 (37 %)

Self-reported responsibilities related to PrEP (multiple responses possible)b

  Prescribing

17 (43 %)

3 (8 %)

7 (29 %)

27 (26 %)

  Resupplying

16 (40 %)

3 (8 %)

8 (33 %)

27 (26 %)

  Counseling

27 (68 %)

2 (5 %)

13 (54 %)

42 (41 %)

  Community Outreach

16 (40 %)

4 (11 %)

8 (33 %)

28 (27 %)

  Education

30 (75 %)

7 (18 %)

16 (67 %)

53 (52 %)

  None (PrEP inexperienced)

1 (3 %)

28 (74 %)

6 (25 %)

35 (34 %)

Self-reported service delivery experience with (Multiple responses possible)b

  Adolescent girls

34 (85 %)

22 (58 %)

23 (96 %)

79 (77 %)

  Young women

35 (88 %)

34 (89 %)

24 (100 %)

93 (91 %)

  Self-reported familiarity with PrEP for HIV preventiona

38 (95 %)

21 (55 %)

23 (85 %)

82 (78 %)

  Self-reported receipt of training on oral PrEP?b

17 (43 %)

8 (21 %)

8 (33 %)

33 (32 %)

  1. NOTE: some percentages add to more than 100 % due to rounding; a8 missing in South Africa; b8 missing in South Africa, 3 missing in Zimbabwe