Objectives To examine qualitatively how women's social context and community
mobilization (eg, mobilizing women to take social action and engaging their community in …

BACKGROUND: There is a pressing need for brief behavioural interventions to address the
intersection of high HIV prevalence, increasing substance use, and high-risk sex practices …

Objective To assess the impact of the Women's Health CoOp (WHC) on drug abstinence
among vulnerable women having HIV counselling and testing (HCT). Design Randomised …

South Africa's concurrent epidemics of HIV, substance use, and gender-based violence
point to the urgent need for interventions that address the intersectional nature of these …

Drug abuse is a contributing factor in women's HIV risk in low-income communities in Cape
Town, South Africa. This study assessed whether experiencing violence is associated with …

Among all demographic groups, a greater burden of the disease falls to individuals who are
disadvantaged, underserved, and vulnerable. This is especially true for women, where the …

Background Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, numerous behavior change, risk-
reduction, and biomedical interventions have been developed and tested. While some of …

Recent innovative research has identified key factors that put vulnerable South African
women at risk of HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence, including high-risk patterns of …

This paper describes an HIV prevention intervention designed in the US that was adapted
and implemented in South Africa. Using an experimental design, 93 women who reported …

This cross-sectional study presents baseline data from women (n= 641) in a community-
based randomized trial in Pretoria, South Africa. Women were eligible if they reported recent …