Effectiveness of an adapted evidence-based woman-focused intervention for sex workers and non-sex workers: the Women's Health CoOp in South Africa
WM Wechsberg, WA Zule, WK Luseno… - Journal of Drug …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …
point to the urgent need for interventions that address the intersectional nature of these …
Barriers and facilitators to implementing an evidence-based woman-focused intervention in South African health services
BN Howard, R Van Dorn, BJ Myers, WA Zule… - BMC Health Services …, 2017 - Springer
Background Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, numerous behavior change, risk-
reduction, and biomedical interventions have been developed and tested. While some of …
reduction, and biomedical interventions have been developed and tested. While some of …
Alcohol, cannabis, and methamphetamine use and other risk behaviours among Black and Coloured South African women: a small randomized trial in the Western …
WM Wechsberg, WK Luseno, RS Karg, S Young… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …
intersection of high HIV prevalence, increasing substance use, and high-risk sex practices …
Substance use, sexual risk, and violence: HIV prevention intervention with sex workers in Pretoria
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 …
and implemented in South Africa. Using an experimental design, 93 women who reported …
A brief intervention for drug use, sexual risk behaviours and violence prevention with vulnerable women in South Africa: a randomised trial of the Women's Health …
WM Wechsberg, R Jewkes, SP Novak, T Kline… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
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 …
among vulnerable women having HIV counselling and testing (HCT). Design Randomised …
The relevance of social contexts and social action in reducing substance use and victimization among women participating in an HIV prevention intervention in Cape …
E Reed, AN Emanuel, B Myers, K Johnson… - Substance abuse and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives To examine qualitatively how women's social context and community
mobilization (eg, mobilizing women to take social action and engaging their community in …
mobilization (eg, mobilizing women to take social action and engaging their community in …
Implementation science outcomes of a gender-focused HIV and alcohol risk-reduction intervention in usual-care settings in South Africa
MW Gichane, WM Wechsberg, J Ndirangu… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background South Africa has the highest HIV prevalence globally, which
disproportionately affects women. Hazardous alcohol use reduces antiretroviral adherence …
disproportionately affects women. Hazardous alcohol use reduces antiretroviral adherence …
An implementation science protocol of the Women's Health CoOp in healthcare settings in Cape Town, South Africa: A stepped-wedge design
WM Wechsberg, JW Ndirangu, IS Speizer, WA Zule… - BMC Women's …, 2017 - Springer
Background HIV persists as a public health emergency in South Africa, especially among
women of childbearing age. In response to the HIV epidemic, the Joint United Nations …
women of childbearing age. In response to the HIV epidemic, the Joint United Nations …
Gaining traction: Promising shifts in gender norms and intimate partner violence in the context of a community-based HIV prevention trial in South Africa
A Gottert, J Pulerwitz, N Haberland, R Mathebula… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background HIV and violence prevention programs increasingly seek to transform gender
norms among participants, yet how to do so at the community level, and subsequent …
norms among participants, yet how to do so at the community level, and subsequent …
Outcomes of implementing in the real world the Women's Health CoOp Intervention in Cape Town, South Africa
WM Wechsberg, FA Browne, J Ndirangu, CP Bonner… - AIDS and Behavior, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Women in South Africa living with HIV who use alcohol may not adhere to ART,
affecting the country's 90-90-90 targets. The Women's Health CoOp (WHC), a woman …
affecting the country's 90-90-90 targets. The Women's Health CoOp (WHC), a woman …