Publications by authors named "H Aeno"
Young men's everyday life experiences with contraception and unintended pregnancy in Papua New Guinea.
PLOS Glob Public Health
December 2024
Unintended adolescent pregnancy is a public health priority in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where national policies specify need for easier access to reliable modern contraceptives. To reduce young people's experiences of unintended pregnancy in PNG, improved understandings of use of modern and other forms of contraception within young people's relationships is required to support the development of new sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programs and policies. The aim of this paper is to understand young men's use of modern and other contraceptives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPapua New Guinea's health system faces ongoing challenges in the provision of maternal and child health and has some of the poorest health indicators in the world. In this paper, we describe the impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health, as examples of primary health care services. We conducted 131 semi-structured interviews with different population groups in seven provinces (Jul-Nov 2021).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPapua New Guinea lacks data characterising the sexual health needs of younger key populations (KP): female sex workers (FSW) and commercially and sexually exploited girls (CSE), men who have sex with men (MSM), and transgender women (TGW). Biobehavioural surveys among KP were conducted in three cities. We conducted unweighted and weighted analysis for sample and population proportions, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Human rights are seen as key in tackling the HIV epidemic, with a focus on changing laws that criminalize sex work and male-to-male sex over the past decade.
- A qualitative study in Papua New Guinea (PNG) explored community perspectives on law reform and how these laws hinder HIV prevention efforts by pushing communities underground.
- Stakeholders emphasized that any successful reform must consider PNG's unique context, provide support for community engagement, and prioritize dignity as the reason for law change rather than just addressing HIV.
Background: Little research has explored the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) experience of female sex workers (FSW), including girls aged < 18 years who are commercially sexually exploited (CSE), in Papua New Guinea (PNG). This paper describes the SRH history of FSW and CSE girls and factors associated with their use of moderately or highly effective contraceptive methods in three settings in PNG.
Methods: From 2016 to 2017, respondent-driven sampling (RDS) surveys were conducted among FSW and CSE girls in Port Moresby, Lae, and Mt.