5128 7 archive 3 disk0/00/00/51/28 2026-03-24 10:37:52 2026-03-24 10:37:52 2026-03-24 10:37:52 data_collection show Lunkuse Jane Frances 0000-0003-1261-2699 TRUE dbeec0569430bd10cef6277533c92ff0 Sseremba Grace Godfrey 0009-0006-2624-4603 FALSE Chetty-Makkan Candice FALSE Wahome Elizabeth 0000-0001-8386-7555 FALSE Price Matt A. FALSE Mayanja Yunia 0000-0002-0414-1818 TRUE e8fb19d7d7c7fac4010e0a727cfc4608 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom MRCUVRI Medical implants HIV prevention Medical risk factors HIV Contraceptives Pre-exposure prophylaxis Uganda HIV vaccines Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) continue to face a significant risk of HIV infection, particularly as numerous experimental prevention products are in development. This study assessed the willingness to participate (WTP) in future clinical trials of long-acting HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implants among AGYW at high risk of HIV infection in Kampala, Uganda. From January to October 2019, we conducted a cross-sectional study among AGYW aged 14–24 years. Interviewers _collected data on socio-demographics, substance use, sexual behavioural risk, contraceptive use and laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Participants were asked about their WTP in future clinical trials of a long-acting PrEP (LAP) implant. Multivariable logistic regression models were fitted to determine participant characteristics associated with WTP in future clinical trials of a PrEP implant. We enrolled 285 participants, with a median age of 20 years. Among them, 57.2% were single, 54.7% had completed at least secondary education, 92.6% engaged in transactional sex, 36.5% had multiple new male partners, 25.3% tested positive for STIs (chlamydia or gonorrhoea), and 15.4% reported drug use in the past three months. Nearly half (45.6%) of the AGYW expressed willingness to participate in a future HIV prevention study involving the LAP implant. Willingness to participate in a future HIV prevention study involving the LAP implant was higher among those with multiple new male partners (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.84, 95%CI 1.09-3.11, P = 0.022) and those using contraceptives (aOR 1.69, 95% CI 1.00-2.85, P = 0.047) but lower among those with higher income levels (aOR 0.46, 95%CI 0.25-0.84, P = 0.013). These findings suggest that AGYW with higher HIV risk and those with prior contraceptive experience could potentially participate in future clinical trials of the LAP implant. 2025-08-08 published PLOS Global Public Health Dataset Study authors SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire none Dataset Quantitative en https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_file_dataset_/29872720 data https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005028.s001 dataresource https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4681646 2025-08-08