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A gender-specific intervention for at-risk women in the
USA.
AIDS Care 2000;12(5):603-612.
Miller S, Exner TM, Williams SP, Ehrhardt AA.
Abstract
Women are the fastest growing group in the USA to become infected with HIV.
Also, the mode of transmission is changing with heterosexual behaviour being
the predominant source. As these changes occur, HIV infection becomes more
common in women who have not typically been considered at high risk. This
paper describes an intervention designed to decrease unsafe sexual encounters
and to focus on a highly meaningful concern in the lives of these women:
relationships with men. The sessions encouraged making decisions, choice,
partner selection, sexual rights, refusal of any unwanted sex, female controlled
methods and other elements of empowerment. An eight-session and a four-session
curriculum were created to assess dose factors as well.