Couple-based HIV prevention in the United States: advantages, gaps, and future directions

N El-Bassel, L Gilbert, S Witte, E Wu… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
This article presents an overview of couple-based HIV prevention research to date,
advantages of using and core components of couple-based interventions, gaps in the …

Condom negotiation: Findings and future directions

C Peasant, GR Parra, TM Okwumabua - Journal of Sex Research, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this review was to summarize factors associated with condom negotiation among
heterosexual men. Literature searches were conducted using multiple databases spanning …

Social context of HIV risk behaviours among male-to-female transgenders of colour

T Nemoto, D Operario, JA Keatley, D Villegas - AIDS care, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
To explore the social context of drug use and sexual behaviours that put male-to-female
(MTF) transgenders at risk for HIV, focus groups were conducted consisting of African …

Women's sexual empowerment and contraceptive use in Ghana

HP Crissman, RM Adanu… - Studies in family planning, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Pervasive gendered inequities and norms regarding the subordination of women give
Ghanaian men disproportionately more power than women, particularly in relation to sex …

Conspiracy beliefs about birth control: barriers to pregnancy prevention among African Americans of reproductive age

S Thorburn, LM Bogart - Health Education & Behavior, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs about birth control (eg, the
belief that birth control is a form of Black genocide) and their association with contraceptive …

The gender ratio imbalance and its relationship to risk of HIV/AIDS among African American women at historically black colleges and universities

YO Ferguson, SC Quinn, E Eng, M Sandelowski - AIDS care, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
African American women are at increased risk of HIV transmission through heterosexual
contact. HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among African American women between …

A framework for incorporating dyads in models of HIV-prevention

BR Karney, H Hops, CA Redding, HT Reis… - AIDS and Behavior, 2010 - Springer
Although HIV is contracted by individuals, it is typically transmitted in dyads. Most efforts to
promote safer sex practices, however, focus exclusively on individuals. The goal of this …

The impact of sexual arousal on sexual risk-taking and decision-making in men and women

S Skakoon-Sparling, KM Cramer, PA Shuper - Archives of sexual behavior, 2016 - Springer
Sexual arousal has emerged as an important contextual feature in sexual encounters that
can impact safer-sex decision-making. We conducted two experiments that investigated the …

[HTML][HTML] Resilience among women with HIV: Impact of silencing the self and socioeconomic factors

SK Dale, MH Cohen, GA Kelso, RC Cruise, KM Weber… - Sex roles, 2014 - Springer
In the US, women account for over a quarter of the approximately 50,000 annual new HIV
diagnoses and face intersecting and ubiquitous adversities including gender inequities …

Migration and relationship power among Mexican women

EA Parrado, CA Flippen, C McQuiston - Demography, 2005 - Springer
Our study drew on original data collected in Durham, NC, and four sending communities in
Mexico to examine differences in women's relationship power that are associated with …