Introduction: Adolescent girls and young women aged 15 to 24 years have some of the
highest HIV incidence rates globally, with girls two to four times more likely to be living with …

There is growing interest in expanding public health approaches that address social and
structural drivers that affect the environment in which behaviour occurs. Half of those living …

Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global public health and human rights issue
that affects millions of women and girls. While disaggregated national statistics are crucial to …

Methods We conducted qualitative research to explore the links between IPV and HIV‐
related health among pregnant women and service providers in Johannesburg, South …

Introduction: Community mobilization (CM) is increasingly recognized as critical to
generating changes in social norms and behaviours needed to achieve reductions in HIV …

Objectives. We studied whether female youths from communities with higher sexual violence
were at greater risk of negative reproductive health outcomes. Methods. We used data from …

HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV) are commonly co-occurring epidemics affecting the
health of women globally and especially in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a need for …

Despite concerted prevention efforts, young South African women remain at the epicenter of
the HIV epidemic. Although these women have grown up in a community powerfully affected …

Unintended pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections are major threats to the
health of South African youth. Gendered social norms make it difficult for young women to …

Background Adolescent pregnancy has been a persistent area of interest and concern in the
field of public health. The debate about adolescents' sexual risk behaviour has also gained …