“The sky is the limit; I am going there”: experiences of hope among young women receiving a conditional cash transfer in rural South Africa
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Young women in South Africa face elevated risk of HIV infection compared to male peers. Cash transfers may mitigate their risk for HIV; however, there is limited understanding of mechanisms of impact. We explored hope as one potential mechanism. Longitudinal qualitative analysis was used to explore how cash transfer recipients in the HPTN 068 study conceptualised hope and how the intervention influenced their hope over time. We found the intervention increased confidence, alleviated financial stressors and instilled in young women the belief that a better life, defined as being educated, independent and supportive to family, was attainable. Findings support hope as a critical outcome of cash transfer and other economic strengthening interventions.
Source: Culture Health & Sexuality
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, California Center for Population Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards: Intersectional Stigma and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Continuation among Female Sex Workers in Namibia, G678040785, Carolina Population Center, Effects of Cash Transfer and Community Mobilization in Young South African Women, G8731069619, HIV Prevention Trials Network Leadership and Operations Center, LC: HIV PREVENTION TRIALS NETWORK, SDMC: HIV Prevention Trials Network
OpenAlex ID: W3157817665