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Open AccessRelationship Power, Antiretroviral Adherence, and Physical and Mental Health Among Women Living with HIV in Rural Kenya
Little is known about the association of gender-based power imbalances and health and health behaviors among women with HIV (WWH). We examined cross-sectional baseline data among WWH in a cluster-randomized co...
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The Impact of Land Tenure Security on a Livelihood Intervention for People Living with HIV in Western Kenya
Few studies have explored land access, a structural driver of health, and women’s participation in livelihood interventions to improve food security and HIV outcomes. This qualitative study, embedded within Shamb...
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Open AccessMeasuring Men’s Gender Norm Beliefs Related to Contraception: Development of the Masculine Norms and Family Planning Acceptance Scale
Male partner resistance is identified as a key factor that influences women’s contraceptive use. Examination of the masculine norms that shape men’s resistance to contraception—and how to intervene on these no...
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HIV Prevention and the Need for Gender-Transformative Approaches
Initially, HIV and AIDS in North America was conceptualized as a health issue impacting only gay males and which, as a result, has often been blamed for the slow response on the part of public health to this g...
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COVID-19 and the International Academy of Sex Research: We Will Be Back
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Development and Validation of the Power Imbalance in Couples Scale
Few researchers have quantitatively explored the relationship power-HIV risk nexus in same-sex male couples. We developed and validated the Power Imbalance in Couples Scale (PICS) to measure relationship power...
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What Role Do Masculine Norms Play in Men’s HIV Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa?: A Sco** Review
Men living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa are less likely to test for HIV than women. We conducted a sco** review in May of 2016 to identify how masculine norms influence men’s HIV testing in sub-Sahara...
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Jaboya (“Sex for Fish”): A Qualitative Analysis of Contextual Risk Factors for Extramarital Partnerships in the Fishing Communities in Western Kenya
Extramarital partnerships exacerbate high HIV prevalence rates in many communities in sub-Saharan Africa. We explored contextual risk factors and suggested interventions to reduce extramarital partnerships amo...
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Erratum to: A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a Livelihood Intervention on Gendered Power and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in Rural Kenya
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A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a Livelihood Intervention on Gendered Power and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in Rural Kenya
Despite the recognized links between food insecurity, poverty, and the risk of HIV/AIDS, few randomized trials have evaluated the impact of livelihood interventions on HIV risk behaviors. The current study dra...
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Changes in Health and Antiretroviral Adherence Among HIV-Infected Adults in Kenya: Qualitative Longitudinal Findings from a Livelihood Intervention
This longitudinal qualitative study sought to understand how and why a livelihood intervention affected the health and health behaviors of HIV-infected Kenyan adults. The intervention included a microfinance l...
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A Livelihood Intervention to Reduce the Stigma of HIV in Rural Kenya: Longitudinal Qualitative Study
The scale-up of effective treatment has partially reduced the stigma attached to HIV, but HIV still remains highly stigmatized throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Most studies of anti-HIV stigma interventions have ...
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The Power of (But Not In?) Sexual Configurations Theory
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Erratum to: Predictors of Condom Use Among Iranian Women at Risk of HIV
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Predictors of Condom Use Among Iranian Women at Risk of HIV
Sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS is increasing in Iran and is the main route of infection among women. In order to foster the development of future HIV prevention interventions for women, researchers need to un...
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Sexual Agency is not a Problem of Neoliberalism: Feminism, Sexual Justice, & the Carceral Turn
We examine the promises and limitations of Laina Y. Bay-Cheng’s model of the Agency Line in terms of its contribution to interdisciplinary feminist discussions of young women’s sexuality in the U.S. Bay-Cheng ...
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Open AccessShamba Maisha: Pilot agricultural intervention for food security and HIV health outcomes in Kenya: design, methods, baseline results and process evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Despite advances in treatment of people living with HIV, morbidity and mortality remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa, largely due to parallel epidemics of poverty and food insecurity.
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Hurdling Over Sex? Sport, Science, and Equity
Between 1968 and 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) required all female athletes to undergo genetic testing as part of its sex verification policy, under the assumption that it needed to prevent m...
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Erratum to: Property Rights Violations as a Structural Driver of Women’s HIV Risks: A Qualitative Study in Nyanza and Western Provinces, Kenya
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Gender-Transformative Interventions to Reduce HIV Risks and Violence with Heterosexually-Active Men: A Review of the Global Evidence
Emerging out of increased attention to gender equality within HIV and violence prevention programming has been an intensified focus on masculinities. A new generation of health interventions has attempted to s...
