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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Women and HIV"”.
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African American women and HIV prevention
… burden of disease, injury, death, and disability. The purpose of this study was to examine African American females and their HIV prevention methods, as well as to identify factors that may lead to the non-use of condoms. Seventy-one participants were recruited from Planned …
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Understanding the gender and religious context of women and HIV in Libya: A mixed-methods study
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) first became a public concern in Libya after the 1998 El-Fatih Hospital outbreak when over 400 children acquired HIV. Since then, despite the lack of research and a functioning surveillance system, the number of cases is believed to be increasing, particularly …
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“I was not meant to be here, and I’m still here”: a feminist, participatory and assets-based exploration of women’s experiences of ageing with HIV in London
This research adopts a feminist and assets-based approach to explore the experiences of women ageing with HIV in London. Building on the foundation of a systematically approached review of the social science literature on ageing, women and HIV, it identifies key gaps in the evidence base and …
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Factors influencing male partner involvement in the mother-to-child transmission of HIVplus (MTCT-plus) programme in Gobabis district, Namibia: a qualitative study
… made in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in Namibia, the universal target of less than 5% by 2015 has not yet been achieved. In an effort to scale-up services in the programme, a comprehensive family centred approach which broadens HIV prevention activities and considers HIV as …
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Three Essays Analyzing the Impact of Community and Neighborhood Factors on Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Uganda
… the proposed dissertation is to enhance understanding of the impact of the community and neighborhood in preventing violence against women, and how women who have been displaced from their communities may be at increased risk of violence. This three-paper dissertation utilized secondary data …
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An Ounce of Prevention: Understanding the barriers and motivations to HIV testing among women in Trinidad and Tobago
Ever since its discovery in Trinidad and Tobago in 1983, HIV/AIDS continues to pose a significant threat to the government’s vision for national development. Despite significant progress being made, many challenges exist including the feminization of the epidemic with women representing more than …