Journal articles: 'HIV/AIDS Vulnerability and women in Kenya'

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Gopalen, Priya, and Barry Pinsky. "African Housing Organisations Respond to The Hiv and Aids Crisis." Open House International 33, no. 4 (December 1, 2008): 8–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-04-2008-b0002.

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HIV and AIDS is an urgent housing and human settlements issue, especially among women and children living in poverty and suffering from poor housing conditions in urban slums in the South. The link between poverty and HIV prevalence is well established, and the fact that inadequate shelter increases the vulnerability of the urban poor to HIV and AIDS is increasingly recognised. Since 2003, Rooftops Canada and their partners in Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and more recently Uganda, have been working on strategies and developing programmes to respond to the AIDS crisis in these countries. Related programmes link shelter to poverty reduction through sustainable economic and social development, environmental protection, respect for human rights, democratisation and gender equality. This paper compiles the experiences of the partner housing organisations and resource groups in Sub-Saharan Africa responding to HIV and AIDS among their constituent stakeholders. The community-based responses focus on promoting social sustainability, enhancing operational capacity and improving financial sustainability. Community-based responses relate to issues of stigma and discrimination, reducing the impact of housing rights violations and responding to the specific vulnerability of children, women and youth. Social sustainability deals with the impact of HIV and AIDS on the social viability of communities. Operational capacity analyses housing groups' responses to the organ-isational impact of HIV and AIDS - including loss of staff, leadership and institutional memory, decreased productivity and capacity - and the experience of including HIV and AIDS within the core organisational mandate. Financial sustainability explores the challenges of reconciling related financial and social goals.

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Duarte, Marli Teresinha Cassamassimo, Cristina Maria Garcia de Lima Parada, and Lenice do Rosário de Souza. "Vulnerability of women living with HIV/aids." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 22, no. 1 (January 2014): 68–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.2837.2377.

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OBJECTIVE: outline the profile of women living with the human immunodeficiency virus/aids in interior cities in São Paulo State, in the attempt to identify characteristics related to individual, social and programmatic vulnerability and to analyze the conditions in which they discovered their serological status. METHOD: between October 2008 and December 2010, a cross-sectional study was undertaken with 184 women attended at a specialized service. The data were collected through an interview and gynecological test, including the collection of samples for the etiological diagnosis of sexually transmissible conditions. RESULTS: the women were predominantly white, between 30 and 49 years of age, lived with a partner, had a low education level, multiple sexual partners across the lifetime and unsafe sexual practices. The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases corresponded to 87.0%. CONCLUSION: the study suggests the need to offer gynecological care in specialized services and the accomplishment of multiprofessional actions to reinforce the female autonomy in protective decision making.

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Mweru, Maureen. "Women, migration and HIV/AIDS in Kenya." International Social Work 51, no. 3 (May 2008): 337–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872807088080.

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Lin, Keke, Beverly J. McElmurry, and Carol Christiansen. "Women and HIV/AIDS in China: Gender and Vulnerability." Health Care for Women International 28, no. 8 (August 27, 2007): 680–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399330701465010.

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Santos, Márcia Cristina de Figueiredo, Maria Miriam Lima da Nóbrega, Antonia Oliveira Silva, and Greicy Kelly Gouveia Dias Bittencourt. "Nursing diagnoses for elderly women vulnerable to HIV/AIDS." Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 71, suppl 3 (2018): 1435–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0086.

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ABSTRACT Objective: Classify the diagnoses in the conceptual framework of vulnerability of Ayres and in the Orem's self-care theory; Elaborate operational definitions of nursing diagnoses for elderly women vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Method: A descriptive exploratory study, developed from March to December 2016 in the stages: 1. Classification of diagnoses in the conceptual framework of vulnerability of Ayres and in the Orem's self-care theory; 2. Operational definition of nursing diagnoses. Results: 70 nursing diagnoses were classified in the conceptual framework of vulnerability of Ayres and Orem's self-care theory, and their operational definitions were constructed, where 75.7% of these were validated. Final consideration: Diagnoses represent conditions that make older women vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and are linked to their self-care practices. Operational definitions contribute to a systematic approach to care and greater clarity in its implementation.

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Ghosh, Jayati, and Ezekiel Kalipeni. "Women in Chinsapo, Malawi: vulnerability and risk to HIV/AIDS." SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS 2, no. 3 (November 2005): 320–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17290376.2005.9724857.

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Nzewi, Ogochukwu. "Gender and HIV/AIDS: Exploring Men and Vulnerability Towards Effective HIV/AIDS Policy Interventions and Sub-Saharan Africa." Africa’s Public Service Delivery and Performance Review 1, no. 1 (June 1, 2012): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/apsdpr.v1i1.24.

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This article examines the dynamics between HIV/Aids gender policy strategies and the socio-political demands on HIV/Aids interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. Gender in HIV/Aids intervention seems inescapable. Nowhere else is this more marked than in the social dimensions of HIV/Aids prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. This has resulted in prevention strategies, which are encumbered by the reality of poverty, gender, access, power and the various debates on behavioural change. The social constructions of gender roles and power relations play a significant role in the region’s HIV /Aids dynamic. To this end, the mainstreaming of gender issues into national political, social and economic agenda and policies has been championed by international development and economic institutions. In developing HIV/Aids intervention policies, gender has also been mainstreamed, especially where epidemiological data show the disparity in infection rates between men and women, where women are seen as more susceptible to infection. The gendered approach to HIV/Aids appears to typecast women as the vulnerable and suffering face of HIV/Aids, while men, as ‘the other’, are generally regarded as the perpetuators and spreaders of the virus. While there is no doubt that women’s vulnerability in this milieu has been proven within known research evidence to exist, the neglect of institutional (social, cultural and economic) and historical vulnerabilities of African men’s realities are sometimes overlooked. Recently, greater focus has shifted to curbing infection rates in men based on new scientific evidence that shows that risk of transmission in circumcised men is reduced. The article argues that such movement towards showing areas of men’s vulnerability as a focus in HIV/Aids policy interventions may have the potential to shift the observed burden that current HIV/Aids policy thrusts inadvertently place on African women. The article will put forward an argument for ‘the vulnerable other’ in HIV/Aids policy intervention, suggesting a new continental policy strategy that sees men going from peripheral footnotes to the centre of HIV/Aids policy and intervention programmes.<br /><br />

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Mgomba, Fatuma A. "Right to Health: Polygyny and De Facto Polygyny may Increase Women’s Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Tanzania." East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion 3, no. 1 (March 10, 2021): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajtcr.3.1.293.

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The world continues to faced many challenges both social and economic as a result of HIV/AIDS. Women in Tanzania and the world at large are among the most vulnerable population to HIV infection. Some of the communities to this day are starved of the critical information about the scourge as a result of the contradictions which emerge between the national laws (i.e., customary law) and international laws. This study aimed primarily at ascertaining the issues of whether polygynous marriage/small house are perceived to expose married women to the high risk of HIV/AIDS. Simple random sampling technique was used to select rural and urban married men/women, especially among those living in polygamous and monogamous marriages and unmarried women who are in relations with married men (small house) at Lushoto in Tanzania. The study noted that married women are at risk of HIV/AIDS when their husbands practice de facto polygyny. As a result of the legal disparities between international laws and national law (i.e., customary law), polygynous marriage/small house exposes married women to a high risk of HIV/AIDS. The international community needs to come up with a standpoint that compels member nations of different cultural practices to ensure that women are not exposed to HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is a reality and dissemination of information to all people should be considered a human right regardless of the different cultural practices. To this end, thousands of married women in polygamous and monogamous marriages are at risk of the scourge in Tanzania in particular and the world in general. The world continues to faced many challenges both social and economic as a result of HIV/AIDS. Women in Tanzania and the world at large are among the most vulnerable population to HIV infection. Some of the communities to this day are starved of the critical information about the scourge as a result of the contradictions which emerge between the national laws (i.e., customary law) and international laws. This study aimed primarily at ascertaining the issues of whether polygynous marriage/small house are perceived to expose married women to the high risk of HIV/AIDS. Simple random sampling technique was used to select rural and urban married men/women, especially among those living in polygamous and monogamous marriages and unmarried women who are in relations with married men (small house) at Lushoto in Tanzania. The study noted that married women are at risk of HIV/AIDS when their husbands practice de facto polygyny. As a result of the legal disparities between international laws and national law (i.e., customary law), polygynous marriage/small house exposes married women to a high risk of HIV/AIDS. The international community needs to come up with a standpoint that compels member nations of different cultural practices to ensure that women are not exposed to HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is a reality and dissemination of information to all people should be considered a human right regardless of the different cultural practices. To this end, thousands of married women in polygamous and monogamous marriages are at risk of the scourge in Tanzania in particular and the world in general.

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Abel, Elizabeth, and Kathryn Chambers. "FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE VULNERABILITY TO STDS AND HIV/AIDS AMONG HISPANIC WOMEN." Health Care for Women International 25, no. 8 (September 2004): 761–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399330490475601.

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Ronoh, Marilyn, Faraimunashe Chirove, Josephine Wairimu, and Wandera Ogana. "Evidence-based modeling of combination control on Kenyan youth HIV/AIDS dynamics." PLOS ONE 15, no. 11 (November 17, 2020): e0242491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242491.

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We formulate a sex-structured deterministic model to study the effects of varying HIV testing rates, condom use rates and ART adherence rates among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) and, Adolescent Boys and Young Men (ABYM) populations in Kenya. Attitudes influencing the Kenyan youth HIV/AIDS control measures both positively and negatively were considered. Using the 2012 Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS) microdata we constructed our model, which we fitted to the UNAIDS-Kenya youth prevalence estimates to understand factors influencing Kenyan youth HIV/AIDS prevalence trends. While highly efficacious combination control approach significantly reduces HIV/AIDS prevalence rates among the youth, the disease remains endemic provided infected unaware sexual interactions persist. Disproportional gender-wise attitudes towards HIV/AIDS control measures play a key role in reducing the Kenyan youth HIV/AIDS prevalence trends. The female youth HIV/AIDS prevalence trend seems to be directly linked to increased male infectivity with decreased female infectivity while the male youth prevalence trend seems to be directly associated with increased female infectivity and reduced male infectivity.

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AKWARA, PRISCILLA A., NYOVANI JANET MADISE, and ANDREW HINDE. "PERCEPTION OF RISK OF HIV/AIDS AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN KENYA." Journal of Biosocial Science 35, no. 3 (July 2003): 385–411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932003003857.

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The association between perception of risk of HIV infection and sexual behaviour remains poorly understood, although perception of risk is considered to be the first stage towards behavioural change from risk-taking to safer behaviour. Using data from the 1998 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, logistic regression models were fitted to examine the direction and the strength of the association between perceived risk of HIV/AIDS and risky sexual behaviour in the last 12 months before the survey. The findings indicate a strong positive association between perceived risk of HIV/AIDS and risky sexual behaviour for both women and men. Controlling for sociodemographic, sexual exposure and knowledge factors such as age, marital status, education, work status, residence, ethnicity, source of AIDS information, specific knowledge of AIDS, and condom use to avoid AIDS did not change the direction of the association, but altered its strength slightly. Young and unmarried women and men were more likely than older and married ones to report risky sexual behaviour. Ethnicity was significantly associated with risky sexual behaviour, suggesting a need to identify the contextual and social factors that influence behaviour among Kenyan people.

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Gillett, Hannah J., and Jennifer Parr. "Disclosure among HIV-positive women: the role of HIV/AIDS support groups in rural Kenya." African Journal of AIDS Research 9, no. 4 (December 2010): 337–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2010.545633.

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Uwe, E. A., E. E. Ekuri, and P. N. Asuquo. "African Women and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: Implications for Female Related Cultural Practices." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 27, no. 1 (April 2007): 87–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/iq.27.1.g.

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Passos, Nubia Cristina Rocha, Larissa Rolim Borges-Paluch, Elizabete Rodrigues Silva, Liliany Santana Silva, and Claudia Cecília Blaszkowski Jacobi. "VULNERABILITY OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN THE NORTHEAST REGION OF BRAZIL." REVISTA DA UNIVERSIDADE VALE DO RIO VERDE 17, no. 1 (2019): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.5892/ruvrd.v17i1.4443.

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Arwiyantasari, Wida Rahma, and Budi Laksana. "The Effect Of The Health Belief Model Approach On The Prevention Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome In Pregnant Women." STRADA Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan 9, no. 2 (November 1, 2020): 976–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.30994/sjik.v9i2.403.

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East Java Province is in the top five in which the population is infected with HIV and it is dominated by men. This will worsen the condition of women if infected with pregnant women, so that the pregnant women are also affected by HIV/AIDS infection. The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of the Health Belief Model approach on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in pregnant women in Madiun City. This type of research was an observational analytic study. The sampling technique used total sampling. The sample size was 80 pregnant women in Madiun City who carried out HIV/AIDS testing. The data collection tool used a questionnaire. The data analysis used Chi-Square and Multiple Logistic Regression analysis. There was a statistically significant effect. Perceived severity, perceived barriers, perceived vulnerability, and perceived benefits affect pregnant women in preventing HIV/AIDS

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Walter, Angela Wangari, and Cesar Morocho. "HIV Related Knowledge, HIV Testing Decision-Making, and Perceptions of Alcohol Use as a Risk Factor for HIV among Black and African American Women." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9 (April 24, 2021): 4535. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094535.

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The HIV/AIDS epidemic disproportionately affects Black and African American women in the United States. This study examined the extent of HIV related knowledge, HIV testing decision-making, and perceptions of alcohol use as a risk factor for HIV among Black and African American women in urban and suburban communities. Seven focus groups were conducted with 37 women aged 18 to 49 residing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Women participating in focus groups had a wide breadth of HIV related knowledge. Findings suggest the influence of interpersonal relationships and provider–patient interactions on HIV testing, the need for building community capacity and leveraging community resources towards HIV prevention, and the influence of alcohol outlet density on HIV vulnerability and exposure in communities of color. Comprehensive multifaceted evidence informed interventions that are culturally relevant and gender responsive are needed to reduce HIV/AIDS disparities.

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Copeland, Toni. "Self-managing HIV/AIDS: cultural competence and health among women in Nairobi, Kenya." Anthropology & Medicine 25, no. 2 (May 11, 2017): 176–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2017.1285002.

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Porto, Tainara Serodio Amim Rangel, Carla Marins Silva, and Octavio Muniz da Costa Vargens. "Caring for women with HIV/AIDS: an interactionist analysis from the perspective of female healthcare professionals." Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem 35, no. 2 (June 2014): 40–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2014.02.41253.

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The aim of this study was to know the meanings attributed by female health professionals to the process of caring for women with HIV, considering their vulnerability in the context of feminization of HIV/AIDS. It is a qualitative study based on the grounded theory method and symbolic interactionism, conducted in two public maternity hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, from November 2009 to April 2010. Data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews with twelve female health professionals. The core category that emerged was "Speaking as a Professional and Thinking about Caring", which focused on the meaning of care, and the integration of two categories, the first being the concerns of being a woman/professional caring for women with HIV and the second being the meanings of professional care provided to women with the virus. It was concluded that the professionals still maintained the former perception of HIV/AIDS, contributing to increased gender vulnerability to HIV, discrimination and prejudice.

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RONOH, MARILYN, FARAIMUNASHE CHIROVE, JOSEPHINE WAIRIMU, and WANDERA OGANA. "MODELING DISPROPORTIONAL EFFECTS OF EDUCATING INFECTED KENYAN YOUTH ON HIV/AIDS." Journal of Biological Systems 28, no. 02 (May 4, 2020): 311–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218339020400045.

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We formulate an age and sex-structured deterministic model to assess the effect of increasing comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS disease in the infected Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) and, Adolescent Boys and Young Men (ABYM) populations in Kenya. Mathematical analysis of infection through sub-network analysis was carried out to trace various infection routes and the veracity of various transmission routes as well as the associated probabilities. Using HIV data in Kenya on our model, disproportional effects were observed when dispensation of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS was preferred in one population over the other. Effective dispensation of comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS in both the infected AGYW and ABYM populations significantly slows down the infection spread but may not eradicate it.

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Chen, Nadine E., Jaimie P. Meyer, and Sandra A. Springer. "Advances in the prevention of heterosexual transmission of HIV/AIDS among women in the United States." Infectious Disease Reports 3, no. 1 (June 24, 2011): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2011.2362.

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Despite recent advances in testing and treatment, the incidence of HIV/AIDS in the United States has remained stagnant with an estimated 56,300 new infections every year. Women account for an increasing proportion of the epidemic. The vulnerability of women to HIV stems from both increased biologic susceptibility to heterosexual transmission and also the social, economic, and structural disadvantages they often confront. This review describes the main reasons for the increased vulnerability of U.S. women to HIV transmission with particular emphasis on specific high-risk groups including: non-Hispanic blacks, women who use drugs, women with a history of incarceration, and victims of intimate partner violence. Although behavioral approaches to HIV prevention may be effective, pragmatic implementation is often difficult, especially for women who lack sociocultural capital to negotiate condoms with their male partners. Recent advances in HIV prevention show promise in terms of female-initiated interventions. These notably include female condoms, non-specific vaginal microbicides, and antiretroviral oral and vaginal pre-exposure prophylaxis. In this review, we will present evidence in support of these new female-initiated interventions while also emphasizing the importance of advocacy and the political support for these scientific advances to be successful.

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Kerr-Pontes, Ligia Regina Sansigolo, Fernando González, Carl Kendall, Elda Maria Área Leão, Fábio Rocha Távora, Iusta Caminha, Alexandre Medeiros do Carmo, Marcela Moura França, and Melícia Holanda Aguiar. "Prevention of HIV infection among migrant population groups in Northeast Brazil." Cadernos de Saúde Pública 20, no. 1 (February 2004): 320–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0102-311x2004000100050.

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HIV infection is spreading among the poor, women, and migrant communities in the interior of Northeast Brazil. The research focused on different configurations, beliefs, representations, and forms of social organization of behavior thought to be associated with the population's capacity to efficiently follow AIDS prevention measures. Participants located in neighborhoods known for having large migrant populations were identified by Family Health Program Workers in Fortaleza and Teresina. The study adopted a qualitative methodology. Several belief-system concepts and values, as well as the social organization of sexuality revealed in the study, represent obstacles both to AIDS prevention and condom use. Hunger, lack of prospects, and fear are associated with a social situation of poverty, exclusion, prejudice, and total absence of basic human rights When examined together, these elements define different configurations in the migrants' increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. The groups' increased vulnerability relates to the socioeconomic complexity that must be considered in HIV/AIDS control and prevention programs.

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Jordan, Sara R., and Jaimie Edwards. "Defining Agency and Vulnerability: PEPFAR and the Role of Women in HIV/AIDS Prevention." World Medical & Health Policy 8, no. 4 (November 10, 2016): 421–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.210.

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ANDANDA, PAMELA. "Vulnerability: Sex Workers in Nairobi's Majengo Slum." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 18, no. 2 (April 2009): 138–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180109090239.

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Researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Nairobi, and Manitoba are collaborating on a project to develop an HIV vaccine based on the immunological protection mechanisms found in commercial sex workers from the Majengo slum in Nairobi. This group consists of educationally and economically disadvantaged women who resort to commercial sex work for a living. A clinic was established in the slum to study sexually transmitted diseases, which now includes HIV/AIDS. The clinic serves as a research facility for the collaborating researchers who have been using the women's blood, cervical, vaginal, and saliva samples for the ongoing studies. The clinic runs two HIV-integrated activities: HIV research and HIV care and treatment. For HIV negative participants, samples are collected and used for research and care after they give informed consent.

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Ouedraogo, Ramatou. "AIDS and the transition to adulthood of young seropositive women in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)." Global Health Promotion 20, no. 1_suppl (March 2013): 20–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757975912462418.

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Since the early 1990s, the means of attaining adult status have undergone a transformation due to a variety of socioeconomic changes. Exploring the status of ‘youth’, in this context, through the prism of AIDS sheds light on how a pathology can reveal social change in the ‘youth’ category undergoing the process of transition to adulthood. The data for this article are drawn from an anthropological study carried out between 2006 and 2008 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) based on 21 single young women (16 to 28 years old) infected with HIV. The data analysis highlighted issues of relationship to self (biographical disruption and jeopardized female identity) and to others (weakening of social ties in situations of dependency and of pursuit of social advancement) that arise after they discover their seropositive status. The different forms of vulnerability (identity-related, relational and situational) engendered by their status as seropositive women in a context of socioeconomic change, where there are a variety of issues at stake, raise the question of how these young women manage the risk of HIV transmission, and lead to a re-examination of the problem of the vulnerability of youth dealing with HIV.

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Wanjiku Mung’ala, Lucy, and Anne de Jong. "Health and Freedom: The Tense Interdependency of HIV/AIDS Interventions and LGBTIQ Activism in Kenya." Kohl: A Journal for Body and Gender Research 6, Summer (June 1, 2020): 133–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.36583/2020060114.

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In recent decades in Kenya, public health interventions to address the HIV vulnerability of sex workers and men who have sex with men have been accompanied by a rise in gender and sexual minority (hereby also interchangeably referred to as LGBTIQ) activist initiatives that frame access to healthcare, legal recognition, and social acceptance as a human right. Complementing long-term engagement and ethnographic research among sexual minorities in Kenya, in addition to fieldwork stints between 2016-2018, the authors analyzed online statements regarding priorities and strategies of LGBTIQ organizations (local and global) and legal case files. We examine one case in which transgender and intersex plaintiffs objected to the name and mission of an NGO working towards equality and full inclusion of sexual and gender minorities because it incorporated the words gay and lesbian while applying for its official registration and it would include trans and intersex in the organization’s mission. As such, the politics of naming, identity, and representation are neither new nor exclusive to Kenyan LGBTIQ activism. This case and related files reflect the everyday interactions of groups with seemingly conflicting goals, showing them to be part of a rich, connected “niche activist” scene. Rather than take this as a rigid split between activist organizations, we argue that these tensions are historically rooted in – and form a microcosm of – the politics of the global NGOization of both healthcare access and human rights advocacy in Kenya.

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Sousa, Laelson Rochelle Milanês, Luana Kelle Batista Moura, Andreia Rodrigues Moura da Costa Valle, Rosilane de Lima Brito Magalhães, and Maria Eliete Batista Moura. "Social representations of HIV/AIDS by older people and the interface with prevention." Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 72, no. 5 (October 2019): 1129–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0748.

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ABSTRACT Objective: To apprehend the social representations elaborated by older people about HIV/AIDS and to understand how they relate to the prevention of HIV infection. Method: Descriptive and qualitative research based on the Theory of Social Representations with 42 older people assisted at primary care. Data were produced through in-depth interviews with a semi-structured instrument, processed in the IRaMuTeQ software, and analyzed by means of the descending hierarchical classification. Results: Five classes emerged: “HIV/AIDS: a problem of young people”; “Quality of life improvement for people living with HIV/AIDS”; “Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS among heterosexual women in a stable union”; “HIV/AIDS Information Network: process of creation and transformation of social representations” and “Prevention versus stigma”. Final considerations: The social representations that older people have about HIV/AIDS influence the adoption of preventive measures negatively because stigma is present and HIV/AIDS is attributed to young men, and to men who have sex with other men.

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Silva, Claúdia Mendes da, Regina de Souza Alves, Tâmyssa Simões dos Santos, Gabriela Rodrigues Bragagnollo, Clodis Maria Tavares, and Amuzza Aylla Pereira dos Santos. "Epidemiological overview of HIV/AIDS in pregnant women from a state of northeastern Brazil." Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 71, suppl 1 (2018): 568–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0495.

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ABSTRACT Objective: To learn the epidemiological characteristics of HIV infection in pregnant women. Method: Descriptive study with quantitative approach. The study population was composed of pregnant women with HIV/AIDS residing in the state of Alagoas. Data were organized into variables and analyzed according to the measures of dispersion parameter relevant to the arithmetic mean and standard deviation (X ± S). Results: Between 2007 and 2015, 773 cases of HIV/AIDS were recorded in pregnant women in Alagoas. The studied variables identified that most of these pregnant women were young, had low levels of education and faced socioeconomic vulnerability. Conclusion: It is necessary to include actions aimed at increasing the attention paid to women, once the assurance of full care and early diagnosis of HIV are important strategies to promote adequate treatment adherence and reduce the vertical transmission.

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Magadi, Monica A., and Winnie A. Magadi. "HIV/AIDS and contraceptive use: factors associated with contraceptive use among sexually active HIV-positive women in Kenya." Contraception 95, no. 3 (March 2017): 312–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2016.10.013.

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Leiter, Karen, Voravit Suwanvanichkij, Ingrid Tamm, Vincent Iacopino, and Chris Beyrer. "Human Rights Abuses and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: The Experiences of Burmese Women in Thailand." Health and Human Rights 9, no. 2 (2006): 88. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4065403.

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Harrison, Abigail, Susan E. Short, and Maletela Tuoane-Nkhasi. "Re-focusing the Gender Lens: Caregiving Women, Family Roles and HIV/AIDS Vulnerability in Lesotho." AIDS and Behavior 18, no. 3 (May 18, 2013): 595–604. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-013-0515-z.

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Ochako, Rhoune, Dunstone Ulwodi, Purity Njagi, Steven Kimetu, and Aggrey Onyango. "Trends and determinants of Comprehensive HIV and AIDS knowledge among urban young women in Kenya." AIDS Research and Therapy 8, no. 1 (2011): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-6405-8-11.

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Copeland, Toni J. "POVERTY, NUTRITION, AND A CULTURAL MODEL OF MANAGING HIV/AIDS AMONG WOMEN IN NAIROBI, KENYA." Annals of Anthropological Practice 35, no. 1 (May 2011): 81–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2153-9588.2011.01068.x.

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Singh, Gayatri. "Paradoxical Payoffs: Migrant Women, Informal Sector Work, and Hiv/Aids in South Africa." NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 17, no. 2 (August 2007): 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104829110701700208.

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In post-apartheid South Africa, there has been a significant rise in women's out-migration from rural areas and across its territorial borders for economic purposes resulting in gender reconfiguration of migration streams. Alongside, there has been a simultaneous increase in the participation of women in the labor force. However, this has mostly grown in the informal sector,1 which is often associated with low earnings and insecure working conditions. One consequence has been the increasing reliance of migrant women on survivalist activities such as informal sexual exchanges that increase their risk of contracting HIV infection. Insecure working environments also expose migrant women to sexual abuses. This article is based on the author's work in South Africa's major urban centers and examines the nature of the relationship between the increased migration of black African women in South Africa, the nature of their work, and their resultant vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.

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Turan, Janet M., Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Maricianah Onono, William L. Holzemer, Suellen Miller, and Craig R. Cohen. "HIV/AIDS Stigma and Refusal of HIV Testing Among Pregnant Women in Rural Kenya: Results from the MAMAS Study." AIDS and Behavior 15, no. 6 (September 9, 2010): 1111–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-010-9798-5.

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Stirling, Mark, Helen Rees, Susan Kasedde, and Catherine Hankins. "Introduction: Addressing the vulnerability of young women and girls to stop the HIV epidemic in southern Africa." AIDS 22, Suppl 4 (December 2008): S1—S3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.aids.0000341772.48382.57.

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Chersich, Matthew F., and Helen V. Rees. "Vulnerability of women in southern Africa to infection with HIV: biological determinants and priority health sector interventions." AIDS 22, Suppl 4 (December 2008): S27—S40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.aids.0000341775.94123.75.

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Ochoa, Sandra Catalina, and John Sampalis. "Risk perception and vulnerability to STIs and HIV/AIDS among immigrant Latin-American women in Canada." Culture, Health & Sexuality 16, no. 4 (April 4, 2014): 412–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2014.884632.

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Diniz, Normélia Maria Freire, Lílian Conceição Guimarães de Almeida, Bárbara Cristina dos S. Ribeiro, and Valéria Góes de Macêdo. "Women victims of sexual violence: adherence to chemoprevention of HIV." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 15, no. 1 (February 2007): 7–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692007000100002.

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This study aimed to investigate the adherence of women victims of sexual violence, to AIDS chemoprevention treatment. A quantitative study was carried out at a care service to victims of sexual violence in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil). Study participants were 172 women. Data were collected through interviews with forms and consultation of patient files. The results showed that 45.4% of the abused women were teenagers and 40.7% of the attended women were raped. Only 54% of the women were advised to use antiretrovirals to prevent HIV. Adherence to treatment occurred in 57.4% of cases and discontinuity corresponded to 42.6%. Non-adherence to treatment was attributed to psychological or emotional disorders and non-understanding of the established treatment. Therefore, it is important that professionals pay careful attention in order to perceive the conditions that might increase women's vulnerability to the infection.

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Robinson, Jonathan, and Ethan Yeh. "Transactional Sex as a Response to Risk in Western Kenya." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 35–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.3.1.35.

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Though formal and informal sex work has long been identified as crucial for the spread of HIV/AIDS, the nature of the sex-for-money market remains poorly understood. Using a unique panel dataset constructed from 192 self-reported diaries, we find that women who engage in transactional sex substantially increase their supply of risky, better compensated sex to cope with unexpected health shocks, particularly the illness of another household member. These behavioral responses entail significant health risks for these women and their partners, and suggest that these women are unable to cope with risk through other consumption smoothing mechanisms. (JEL I12, J16, O15)

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CHEPNGENO-LANGAT, GLORIA. "PERCEPTION OF VULNERABILITY TO HIV INFECTION AMONG OLDER PEOPLE IN NAIROBI, KENYA: A NEED FOR INTERVENTION." Journal of Biosocial Science 45, no. 2 (July 13, 2012): 249–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932012000417.

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SummaryIt is evident that sexual activity tends to decrease with age. Nonetheless, it is still prevalent enough to be considered a risk factor for the spread of HIV among older people. This paper uses quantitative data for 2053 individuals to examine HIV risk perception and correlates of perceived risk among older people aged 50 years and older living in Nairobi slums. It emerged that a majority of older people did not consider themselves at risk of infection. Of those who felt at risk, a greater proportion sensed only a small chance of contracting HIV. Women cited ‘no sexual activity’ while men mentioned ‘having only one and/or a faithful sexual partner’ as the primary reasons for perceiving minimal risk of HIV infection. There were no differences by sex in the basis for perceiving moderate-to-great risk of infection. Religion is a key factor in risk perception with Muslims perceiving higher levels of risk and, conversely, devotees irrespective of faith perceiving lower levels of risk. Older people willing to be tested for HIV had a decreased likelihood of perceived risk compared with those unwilling to be tested. This paper recommends evaluation of older people's perception of risk in order to better inform interventions aimed at minimizing their vulnerability to HIV infection.

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Mugambi, Jane. "The impact of HIV/AIDS on Kenyan rural women and the role of counseling." International Social Work 49, no. 1 (January 2006): 87–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872806057084.

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English A qualitative study was conducted with 22 rural women living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, in order to explore its impact. Some of the themes that emerged from data analysis were marginalization, poverty and the subordinate status of the rural women. French Une étude qualitative a étémenée auprè s de 22 femmes de communautés rurales du Kenya atteintes du VIH/SIDA en vue d'explorer l'impact du VIH/SIDA sur cette population et le rôle du counseling. L'analyse des données a permis de dégager certains thè mes, notamment la marginalisation, la pauvretéet l'état de subordination des femmes rurales. Spanish Se realizó un estudio cualitativo con 22 mujeres rurales que viven con sujetos afectados por el HIV/SIDA, a fin de explorar el impacto del HIV/SIDA en mujeres rurales de Kenia y el papel jugado por el consejo. Algunos de los temas que surgieron del aná lisis de los datos fueron los siguientes: marginación, pobreza y el estatus subordinado de la mujer rural.

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Trigueiro, Débora Raquel Soares Guedes, Sandra Aparecida de Almeida, Aline Aparecida Monroe, Gilka Paiva Oliveira Costa, Valéria Peixoto Bezerra, and Jordana de Almeida Nogueira. "AIDS and jail: social representations of women in freedom deprivation situations." Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP 50, no. 4 (August 2016): 554–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0080-623420160000500003.

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Abstract OBJECTIVE To graspthe AIDS social representations built by freedom-deprived women. METHOD Descriptive study with a quali-quantitative approach that involved 174 convicted women in a women's prison in a capital city of the Brazilian northeastern region. Aword-association test was applied in October and November 2014, using AIDS as a stimulus. The corpuswas processed usingIramuteq software. Descending Hierarchical Classification and Correspondence Factor Analysis were applied. RESULTS The content that comprises the social representation of AIDS was influenced by the prison context, which was pervaded by a lack of assistance, lack of knowledge, discrimination, and suffering that disclosed vulnerability to HIV/AIDS factors such as unprotected sex and object sharing. This underlines the stigma and fear of the illness, in addition to favoring and supporting negative feelings and a sense of rejection. CONCLUSION To consider the use of this representational amalgam to ensure a comprehensive, contextualized care can help redirect practices, motivate self-care practices, and reduce prejudiced attitudes.

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Jukes, Matthew, Stephanie Simmons, and Donald Bundy. "Education and vulnerability: the role of schools in protecting young women and girls from HIV in southern Africa." AIDS 22, Suppl 4 (December 2008): S41—S56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.aids.0000341776.71253.04.

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Beserra, Patrícia Josefa Fernandes, Maria Miriam Lima da Nóbrega, Jordana De Almeida Nogueira, and Greicy Kelly Gouveia Dias Bittencourt. "Production of women on vulnerability to HIV / aids: an integrative review of the literature Produção sobre vulnerabilidades de mulheres ao hiv/aids: uma revisão integrativa da literatura." Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online 7, no. 5 (December 30, 2015): 105. http://dx.doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i5.105-118.

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Objetivo: Conhecer os fatores associados às vulnerabilidades de mulheres ao HIV/aids. Métodos: Elaborou-se uma revisão integrativa nas bases de dados LILACS, SCIELO e MEDLINE, com os descritores HIV; SIDA; vulnerabilidade; saúde da mulher e/ou HIV; Aids; vulnerability; women's health, no período de 2002 a 2012. Resultados: A amostra de 40 artigos permitiu a identificação de 06 fatores: Ausência do preservativo em relacionamentos estáveis, Relações de gênero e poder, Submissão feminina nas relações afetivas, Racismo e violência contra a mulher, Uso de drogas e Situação socioeconômica. Discussão: Evidenciou-se que a vulnerabilidade de mulheres ao HIV é resultado de um conjunto de fatores e características que levam a contextos de vulnerabilidade. Conclusão: Discutir essas vulnerabilidades implica em refletir sobre valores individuais ou de grupo, crenças, sexualidade, etnia, situação social, cultural, comportamentos de risco que estão levando as mulheres à contaminação, aumentando a epidemia da doença. Descritores: Vulnerabilidade; HIV; SIDA; Saúde da mulher.

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Govender, Kaymarlin, Wilfred G. B. Masebo, Patrick Nyamaruze, Richard G. Cowden, Bettina T. Schunter, and Anurita Bains. "HIV Prevention in Adolescents and Young People in the Eastern and Southern African Region: A Review of Key Challenges Impeding Actions for an Effective Response." Open AIDS Journal 12, no. 1 (July 19, 2018): 53–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874613601812010053.

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The global commitment to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 places HIV prevention at the centre of the response. With the disease continuing to disproportionately affect young populations in the Eastern and Southern African Region (ESAR), particularly adolescent girls and young women, reducing HIV infections in this group is integral to achieving this ambitious target. This paper examines epidemiological patterns of the HIV epidemic among adolescents and young people, indicating where HIV prevention efforts need to be focused (i.e., adolescent girls and young women, adolescent boys and young men and young key populations).Key innovations in the science of HIV prevention and strategies for dealing with programme implementation are reviewed. The paper also discusses the value of processes to mitigate HIV vulnerability and recommends actions needed to sustain the HIV prevention response. Stemming the tide of new HIV infections among young people in the ESAR requires an amplification of efforts across all sectors, which will safeguard past achievements and advance actions towards eliminating AIDS as a public health threat.

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Ghosh, Jayati, Vandana Wadhwa, and Ezekiel Kalipeni. "Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS among women of reproductive age in the slums of Delhi and Hyderabad, India." Social Science & Medicine 68, no. 4 (February 2009): 638–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.023.

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Setiyawati, Nanik, and Niken Meilani. "Determinan Perilaku Tes HIV pada Ibu Hamil." Kesmas: National Public Health Journal 9, no. 3 (April 1, 2015): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.21109/kesmas.v9i3.565.

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) dan Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) merupakan salah satu sorotan dalam pencapaian target Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). Ibu hamil dengan HIV akan berisiko menularkan kepada bayinya. Tes HIV merupakan gerbang pembuka status HIV yang sangat penting dilakukan pada ibu hamil. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan determinan perilaku tes HIV pada ibu hamil yaitu tingkat pendidikan, tingkat pengetahuan, persepsi kerentanan diri tertular HIV, sikap, Provider-Initiated Testing and Counselling (PITC) dan ketersediaan sumber informasi (keluarga dan kader kesehatan). Jenis penelitian adalah potong lintang dengan metode survei. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Puskesmas Mantrijeron dan Puskesmas Sleman yang telah memiliki sarana pemeriksaan tes HIV dan telah menjalankan program Pencegahan Penularan dari Ibu ke Anak (PPIA). Subjek penelitian adalah ibu hamil yang berkunjung ke puskesmas tersebut pada bulan Agustus sampai dengan Oktober 2014 yang berjumlah 54 orang. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Analisis yang digunakan univariat, bivariat, dan multivariat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tidak ada hubungan tingkat pendidikan, tingkatpengetahuan tentang HIV dan AIDS, persepsi kerentanan diri dan sikap ibu. Ada hubungan antara PITC, ketersediaan sumber informasi tentang HIV dan AIDS dari keluarga dan kader kesehatan dengan perilaku tes HIV pada ibu hamil. PITC merupakan variabel yang paling berpengaruh terhadap perilaku tes HIV pada ibu hamil.Determinant of HIV Testing Behavior among Pregnant WomenHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is one of highlighted issues in accomplishing Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) target. Pregnant women with HIV will transmit the virus to their babies. HIV testing is such an opening gate of HIV status that is very important to be conducted on pregnant women. This study aimed to determine the determinant of HIV testing behaviour among pregnant women including education level, knowledge level, perception of selfvulnerability to be HIV-infected, attitudes, Provider-Initiated Testing and Counseling (PITC) and availability of information (family and health workers). This study was cross sectional using a survey method. This study was conducted in Mantrijeron and Sleman Primary Health Care that had HIV testing facilities and executed prevention of mother to child transmission program. The subjects of this study were pregnant women visiting such primary health care on August up to October 2014, as much as 54 people. Data collecting used questionnaire. Analysed used were univariate, biviariate, and multivariate. The results showed no relation between educational level, knowledge level about HIV and AIDS, perception of self-vulnerability and attitudes of women.There was a relation between PITC, information source availability about HIV and AIDS from the family and health workers with HIV testing behaviour among pregnant women. PITC is the most influencing variable toward HIV testing behaviour among pregnant women.

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Mwaura, Philomena Njeri. "Stigmatization and Discrimination of HIV/AIDS Women in Kenya: A Violation of Human Rights and its Theological Implications." Exchange 37, no. 1 (2008): 35–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157254308x251322.

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AbstractDespite spirited efforts by the African governments, the church, faith based organizations, non-governmental organizations, individuals and communities, available statistics confirm that the AIDs epidemic continues to advance. This has been exacerbated by grinding poverty, patriarchal gender power relations that render women powerless, damaging practices supported by both traditional and modern cultures, ineffective health care systems, stigma and discrimination. Women and girl children suffer in greater proportions relative to men. Their human rights have been violated inside and outside the church. There is therefore a need to prioritize women's human rights in order for nation states and individuals to implement successful public health strategies, behaviour change and the restoration and maintenance of human dignity. The church should consistently condemn the sin of stigmatization and discrimination. It should revise its education in this area and develop an ecclesiology that would effectively respond to the HIV/Aids epidemic in a just, loving and gender inclusive manner.

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Chigavazira, Tendai, and Horácio Lucas Zandamela. "Behaviour Change in Drought Response and Management: Case Study of Mudzi District, Zimbabwe." Journal of Public Administration and Governance 11, no. 2 (June 16, 2021): 294. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v11i2.18574.

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This paper seeks to contribute to the droughts discourse through explaining the vulnerability of women to droughts by analysing the different livelihood strategies employed by women and their responses. The conservation of resources (COR) theory and ecological theory was applied to understand the issues of vulnerability, adaptation and coping with droughts. A qualitative approach was utilised through the application of semi-structured interviews, observation and document review tools. Although the element of behavioural change is illuminated in the behavioural theories and applied in some studies such as HIV and AIDS, this element is missing in the drought literature. In this paper, the behavioural change element that emerged is not only important but also relevant in understanding the dynamics associated with drought responses. This generates a novice understanding and explanation of the vulnerability of women to droughts and in so doing, it shapes the drought discourse beyond the traditional arena.

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Aryal, N., PR Regmi, E. V. Teijlingen, D. Dhungel, G. Ghale, and G. K. Bhatta. "Knowing is Not Enough: Migrant Workers’ Spouses Vulnerability to HIV." SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS 13, no. 1 (March 9, 2017): 9–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/saarctb.v13i1.16923.

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Introduction: Male migrants and their sexual partners at home are at increased risk of STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections) including HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). We aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of migrants’ wives regarding HIV and STIs, and to understand risk perception of HIV due to their husbands’ sexual behaviour. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey among 182 migrants’ wives was conducted in two rural villages of Chitwan district in Nepal. The participants were selected through multistage cluster sampling method and data were collected through a questionnaire administered through a face-to-face interview. Results: Nearly all (94%) of migrants’ wives had a good knowledge of HIV, however with some misconceptions. More than two-thirds of the participating migrants’ wives were aware about the risk of HIV infection in migrant husbands and subsequent risk of transmitting themselves through sexual intercourse. Nearly half of the participants reported inability to ask their husbands about HIV and STIs even if they had their doubts. Knowledge of HIV and HIV risk associated with migration were statistically significantly higher in younger women, those who were literate and the longer the period of their husbands’ migration. Conclusion: Despite having generally a good knowledge and awareness of HIV and migration induced HIV risk; migrants’ wives could not discuss sexual health issues with their husbands, thus increasing their vulnerability to HIV and STIs.SAARC J TUBER LUNG DIS HIV/AIDS, 2016; XIII(1), page: 9-15

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