Cash plus Care: Parenting support and violence reduction programme associated with reductions in adolescent HIV-risks in South Africa: A cluster randomized trial of a DREAMS and 4Children-implemented programme 'Parenting for Lifelong Health'

Cluver L, Meinck F, Doubt JS, Ward C, Lombard C, Shenderovich Y, Steinert JI, Romero RH, Medley S, Redfern A, Salah N, De Stone S
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Adolescent HIV-risk behaviors are increased by family violence, low parental supervision, substance use and poverty. ‘Cash + care’ structural approaches can reduce adolescent HIV-risks, but parenting a teenager is complex and challenging. WHO, UNICEF, USAIDPEPFAR and academics developed and tested a parenting support and violence reduction program for low-resource settings, to be used as part of structural prevention programs.