Abigail Harrison, Nonhlonipho Bhengu, Lori Miller, Theresa Exner, Nonkululeko Tesfay, Slindile Magutshwa, Silindile Khumalo, Scarlett Bergam, Susie Hoffman, Jill Hanass-Hancock
"You tell him that 'baby, I am protecting myself'": Women's agency and constraint around willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis in the Masibambane Study
Women's health (London, England)
describe education employment transition experience young adults spina bifida yasb investigate factors associated employment queried education employment data us national spina bifida patient registry 2009 2019 applied generalized estimating equations models analyze sociodemographic diseaserelated factors associated employment total 1909 participants 850 males 1059 females aged 18 26 years contributed 4379 annual visits nearly 84 myelomeningocele last visit median age 21 years mean 21 years 5 months sd 2 years 10 months total 418 least posthigh school education 239 employed multivariable regression model employment significantly associated education level lower extremity functional level bowel continence insurance history nonshunt surgery large national sample yasb demonstrated low rates postsecondary education attainment employment several potentially modifiable factors associated employment specific sociodemographic medical functional factors associated employment important clinicians consider facilitating transition yasb adulthood additional research needed understand impact cognitive functioning social determinants health transition success yasb low education attainment employment rates large sample young adults spina bifida specific sociodemographic medical functional factors associated employment employmentassociated factors continence selfmanagement skills modifiable