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Creator:: Kandathil, Sonia M.
Abstract:: With women comprising nearly 50% of HIV/AIDS infections globally, the development of new woman-initiated HIV prevention methods has become a public health imperative. To date, the female condom and the diaphragm are the only woman-initiated prevention methods available on the consumer market. Recent research has focused on two HIV/AIDS prevention...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: nearly 60% of all people infected by HIV are women (UNAIDS, 2009). HIV infection is 1.3 times more

Creator:: Towner, Senna Lee
Abstract:: Urban African American adolescents exhibit high levels of risk behavior, disproportionately high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and are at risk for acquiring Human Immunodefiency Virus (HIV). To date, interventions that address the high rates of STIs in this population demonstrate only moderate efficacy. As researchers strive to develop...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: populations, including African American youth. In 2010, HIV infection diagnoses among African American youth

Creator:: Herling, Allison M.
Abstract:: Uganda has experienced the largest decline of HIV prevalence of any country in the world, from a peak of 15% in 1991 to 5% today. In cooperation with community-based and faith-based organizations, the Ugandan government has pursued an AIDS prevention strategy centered on urging people to Abstain from sex, Be...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: about the level to which universal condom promotion would reduce HIV infection rates in Africa. We are

Creator:: Henning, Margaret Jo
Abstract:: In Zambia, there are approximately 920,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. Children are often referred to as a "window of hope" due to a low HIV/AIDS prevalence rate (UNAIDS/WHO, 2006). With growing numbers of infections and an increased strain on the social and economic structure due to HIV/AIDS there is a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: quality of life. High rates of HIV infection are a primary contributor to a population struggling to

Creator:: Mitchell, Jason W.
Abstract:: Recent estimates indicate that over 50% of gay men acquire HIV from their main sexual partners while in their relationship (Sullivan et al., 2009). Despite this statistic, the majority of research has focused on individual factors as predictors of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) and not on relationship factors. The few...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: those in Europe, have experienced similar trends of increased HIV infection among MSM (Coates, 2008

Creator:: McKay, Virginia R.
Abstract:: Evidence-based interventions (EBIs), which demonstrate efficacy in research settings, are rarely sustained when implemented in public health organizations. Rather, EBIs are often de-adopted - potentially undermining the positive benefits of the EBIs for the communities that access them. The lack of sustainability is particularly troubling among public health organizations that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 12.8% of people infected with HIV are unaware of their infection (CDC, 2015). While HIV incidence

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