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Table 3 Concern about PrEP provision and preferences about provision of sexual and reproductive health services to adolescent girls and young women, by type of clinic staff

From: Stigma in the health clinic and implications for PrEP access and use by adolescent girls and young women: conflicting perspectives in South Africa

Percentage with at least some worry or agreement

Clinical Staff (n = 61)

%

Nonclinical staff (n = 69)

%

If I provide/or if PrEP is provided to adolescent girls (aged 16 to 17) I am worried that…

Having access to PrEP will lead them to be reckless or take more sexual risks

73.8

78.3

Pregnancy rates among them will go up because they will stop using condoms if they are using PrEP

75.4

84.1

Other sexually transmitted infections will increase because they will stop using condoms

75.4

82.6

If I had a choice, I would prefer not to provide sexual and reproductive health services to…

Sexually active adolescent girls aged 16 to 17

21.3

 N/A

Unmarried sexually active young women aged 18 to 24

14.8

 N/A