Women

HIV prevention for women is an important part of effective general prevention. Some specific elements of HIV prevention are particularly efficacious.

The following documents were located during the 2009 HIV prevention literature survey:

Bucharski, D., Reutter, L. I. & Ogilvie, L. D. (2006).  “You need to know where we’re coming from”: Canadian Aboriginal women’s perspectives on cultural appropriate HIV counseling and testing. Health Care for Women International 27(8), 723-747.

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. (2008). What are US women’s HIV prevention needs? Retrieved July 13, 2009, from http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/pubs/FS/.

Center for Disease Control (CDC). (2007). HIV/AIDS among women. Retrieved July 13, 2009, http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/women/resources/factsheets/women.htm.

Grant, K., & Ragsdale, K. (2008). Sex and the ‘recently single’: Perceptions of sexuality and HIV risk among mature women and primary physicians. Culture, Health & Sexuality 10(5), 495-511.

Gruskin, S., Firestone, R., MacCarthy, S., & Ferguson, L. (2008). HIV and preganancy intentions: Do services adequately respond to women’s needs? American Journal of Public Health 98(10), 1746-1750.

Exner, T. M., Seal, D. W., Ehrhardt, A. A. (1997). A review of HIV interventions for at-risk women. AIDS and Behavior 1(2), 93-124.

Jones, R. (2008). Soap opera video on handhelp computers to reduce young urban women’s HIV sex risk. AIDS and Behavior 12(6), 876-884.

Logan, T. K., Cole, J., Leukefeld, C. (2002). Women, sex and HIV: Social and contextual factors, meta-analysis of published interventions and implications for practice and research. Psychological Bulletin 128(6), 851-885.

Mantell, J. E., Stein, Z. A., & Susser, I. (2008). Women in the time of AIDS: Barriers, bargains, and benefits. AIDS Education and Prevention 20(2), 91-106.

McWilliam, S. & Ontario Women and HIV/AIDS Working Group. (2006). Literature review: HIV prevention and women. Retrieved July 13, 2009, from http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/pub/aids/reports/ontario_women_hivaids_working_group_literature_review_hi.pdf.

Minnis, A. M., & Padian, N. S. (2005). Effectivenss of female controlled barrier methods in preventing sexually transmitted infections and HIV: Current evidence and future research directions. Sexually Transmitted Infections 81(1), 193-200.

Mize, S. J. S., Robinson, B. E., Bockting, W. O. & Scheltema, K. E. (2002). Meta analysis of the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions for women. AIDS Care 14(2), 163-180.

Newman, P. A., Williams, C. C., Massaguoi, N., Brown, M., & Logie, C. (2008). HIV prevention for Black women: Structural barriers and opportunities. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved 19(3), 829-841.

Operario, D., Soma, T., Underhill, K. (2008). Sex work and HIV status among transgender women: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 48(1), 97-103.

Pinkham, S., & Malinowka-Sempruch, K. (2008). Women, harm reduction and HIV. Reproductive health matters 16(31), 168-181.

Shambley-Ebron, D. Z. (2009). My sister, myself: A culture- and gender-based approach to HIV/AIDS prevention. Journal of Transcultural Nursing 20(1), 28-36.

Stoner, S. A., Norris, J., George, W. H., Morrison, D. M., Zawaki, T., Davis K. C., & Hessler, D. M. (2008). Women’s condom use assertiveness and sexual risk-taking: Effects of alcohocol intoxication and adult victimization. Addictive Behaviors 33(9), 1167-76.

Teti, M., Rubinsetin, S., Lloyd, L., Aaron, E., Merron-Brainerd, J., Spencer, S., Ricksecker, A., & Gold, M. (2007). The protect and respect program: A sexual risk reduction intervention for women living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS and Behavior 11(Suppl 5), S106-S116.

Webber, G. (2007). The impact of migration on HIV prevention for women: Constructing a conceptual framework. Health care for women international 28(8), 712-730.

Wira, C. R., Fahey, J. V. (2008). A new strategy to understand how HIV infects women: Identification of a window of vulnerability during the menstrual cycle. AIDS 22(15), 1909-1917.

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