Traditional and biomedical health practices of adolescent boys and young men living with perinatally-acquired HIV in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

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Between the ages of 13 and 22^3.

Self-identified as male.

Selection was organised by circumcision status, given its centrality to identities and meanings of boyhood and manhood in the study site. The study included participants who were inkwenkwe (uncircumcised boys) as well as indoda (circumcised men), and interviewed some participants before and after ulwaluko.

Living with HIV, and initiated onto ART.

When possible, participants were recruited who researchers had observed to be willing and engaged participants. It is acknowledged that selecting participants who seemed to enjoy talking that this may have introduced bias into the selection of participations for this study, which is discussed further in the ‘limitations’ section.

Provided verbal and written informed and voluntary consent (18 or over), or if they were under the age of 18, provided verbal and written informed and voluntary assent alongside the verbal and written informed and voluntary consent of their legal guardian.

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Pseudonym	Age at first interview	Location
Unathi*	16 years	BCM, urban
Ndoda	18 years	BCM, urban
Buja	19 years	BCM, urban
Khwezi*	20 years	BCM, urban
Layzdu	18 years	BCM, urban
Sakhiman	20 years	BCM, urban
Listar	18 years	Amathole, rural
Ngamla	21 years	Amathole, peri-urban
Machete	22 years	Amathole, peri-urban
Mluthwana	16 years	BCM, urban
Lullo	22 years	BCM, urban
Mayor	16 years	BCM, urban
Tonxo	22 years	Amathole, rural
Dee	19 years	Amathole, urban
Mr Shade	17 years	BCM, peri-urban
Ulwazi*	13 years	BCM, peri-urban
Jeveno	17 years	Amathole, peri-urban
Movite	18 years	BCM, urban
Ta Saider	21 years	Amathole, peri-urban
Nginduyi	16 years	Amathole, peri-urban
Sne	19 years	Amathole, rural
Nkweza	18 years	BCM, urban
Svij	25 years	BCM, urban
C’Vig	19 years	BCM, urban
Sividge	21 years	BCM, urban
Soso	21 years	Amathole, rural
Ndofaya	18 years	BCM, rural
Akhona*	19 years	BCM, urban
Ringo	17 years	BCM, urban
X-man	22 years	Amathole, peri-urban
Zube	17 years	BCM, urban
Luya	17 years	BCM, urban
Loza	21 years	BCM, peri-urban
Bele	19 years	BCM, urban
Stenza	13 years	Amathole, peri-urban