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Table 2 Average number of AYP accessing Yathu Yathu hubs per month and % choosing to test for HIV at their first visit before (Sep 2019-March 2020) and after (July 2020-Dec 2020) COVID-19 closures in two urban communities in Lusaka, Zambia

From: Adapting community-based sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people aged 15-24 years in response to COVID-19 in Lusaka, Zambia: the implications on the uptake of HIV testing services

Access hubs for the first time and uptake of HIV testing at the first visit of ALL participants aged 15-24 before and after the COVID -19 hub closure (N=9,286a)

 Overall

Number/month accessing hubs before closure

Number/month accessing hubs after closure

Number (%) HIV testing before closure

Number (%) HIV testing after closure

Odds Ratiob

(95% CI)

p-value

 

866/month

581/month

3,993/6,064 (65.9%)

2,359/3,222 (73.2%)

1.24 (0.99,1.56)

0.06

Access hubs for the first time and uptake of HIV testing at the first visit of adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 before and after the COVID -19 hub closure (N=5, 932)

 

Number/per month accessing hubs before closure

Number/per month accessing hubs after closure

Number (%) HIV testing before closure

Number (%) HIV testing after closure

  

 Overall

549/month

349/month

2,518/3,841 (65.6%)

1,524/2,091 (72.9%)

1.27 (0.94, 1.73)

0.13

 15-17

247/ month

97/month

1,150 /1,728 (66.5%)

439/583 (75.3%)

1.34 (0.94, 1.90)

0.10

 18-19

126/ month

77/month

585 / 884 (66.2%)

349/461 (75.7%)

1.36 (0.86, 2.13)

0.19

 20-24

176/month

175/month

783/1229 (63.7%)

736/ 1,047 (70.3%)

1.21 (0.89, 1.65)

0.23

Access hubs and for the first time and uptake of HIV testing at the first visit of adolescent boys and young men aged 15-24 before and after the COVID -19 closure (N=3,354)

 

Number/month accessing hubs before closure

Number/month accessing hubs after closure

Number (%) HIV testing before closure

Number (%) HIV testing after closure

  

 Overall

318/month

189/month

1,475/2,223(66.4%)

835/1,131 (73.8%)

1.20 (0.97, 1.49)

0.10

 15-17

156/ month

58/month

715/1,095 (65.3%)

251/349 (72.0%)

1.23 (0.95, 1.58)

0.11

 18-19

79/ month

50/month

377/552 (68.3%)

234/302 (77.5%)

1.35 (1.11, 1.64)

0.002

 20-24

82/ month

80/ month

383/576 (66.5%)

350/480 (73.0%)

1.13 (0.80, 1.59)

0.50

  1. a excluding those that self-reported HIV positive at first visit
  2. b Adjusted for clustering by zone
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