Longitudinal Sexual Health Monitoring

Research nurses collected data at 3-monthly study visits using interviewer-administered questionnaires. Data were collected on sociodemographic characteristics, sexual behavior, contraceptive use, pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and substance use. Volunteers who became pregnant were linked to antenatal care services and followed up for a pregnancy outcome.
Laboratory tests included pregnancy tests for beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (β-hcg) hormone performed on urine samples using QuickVue (Quidel Corporation, San Diego, CA, United States) and HIV tests following the national testing algorithm, which involves a screening test (Alere Medical Co. Ltd., Chuba, Japan), the StatPak rapid confirmatory kit (Chembo Diagnostics System Inc., Medford, NY, United States), and SD Bioline as a tiebreaker (Standard Diagnostics, Inc., South Korea). STIs (Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis) were tested on endocervical swabs using the GeneXpert platform (Cepheid AB, Rontgenvagen 5, Soina, Sweden).

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Namukisa M., Kamacooko O., Lunkuse J.F., Ruzagira E., Price M.A, & Mayanja Y. (2023). Incidence of unintended pregnancy and associated factors among adolescent girls and young women at risk of HIV infection in Kampala, Uganda. Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 5, 1089104.

Publication 2023

QuickVue SD Bioline

Antenatal care Beta chorionic gonadotrophin Chlamydia trachomatis Contraceptive Diagnostics Endocervical Hiv tests Hormone Human Interviewer Neisseria gonorrhoeae Nurses Pregnancy Pregnancy tests Sexually transmitted infections Substance use Urine Volunteers

Corresponding Organization : Uganda Virus Research Institute

Other organizations : Mbarara University of Science and Technology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

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independent variables

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dependent variables

Sociodemographic characteristics
Sexual behavior
Contraceptive use
Pregnancy
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Substance use
Pregnancy outcome

control variables

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positive controls

Pregnancy tests for beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (β-hcg) hormone performed on urine samples using QuickVue

negative controls

None explicitly mentioned

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