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preexposure prophylaxis prep hiv prevention strategy reduce risk hiv acquisition 90 taken consistently although south africa implementing prep since 2016 initially selected population groups expanding access people dearth research focused prep among adolescent boys young men abym despite experiencing high rates hiv infection address gap compared prep initiation rates service delivery points sdps among abym kwazulunatal south africa conducted populationbased prospective study 22 sdps july 2021 july 2022 kwazulunatal south africa sexually active abym aged 1535 years tested hiv negative recruited purposively selected prep sdps ie healthcare facilities secondary schools technical vocational education training tvet colleges communitybased youth zones collected baseline quantitative data participant using selfadministered electronic questionnaires built redcap including demographic information age sex employment status level education well prep initiation outcomes extracted data redcap exported stata version 170 analysis eliminated discrepancies removed duplicates described baseline characteristics using summary descriptive statistics median interquartile range iqr proportions reported prep initiation proportions overall sdps study included 1104 abym median age 24 years interquartile range iqr 2128 almost participants black african n 1090 99 half aged 1524 years n 603 55 45 n 501 aged 2535 years majority n 963 87 attained secondary level education overall prep initiation rate among adolescent boys young men low among 1078 participants eligible prep 13 n 141 started prep among participants initiated prep three quarters 78 n 58 initiated high schools compared communitybased youth zones 40 n 37 tvet colleges 26 n 16 healthcare facilities 4 n 30 study provided evidence suggesting expanding prep services nontraditional settings high schools tvet colleges communitybased organizations may potential increase prep access among abym south africa