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| L C SimbayiSummaryAffiliation: Human Sciences Research Council Country: South Africa Publications
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Heterosexual anal intercourse and HIV infection risks in the context of alcohol serving venues, Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
BMC Public Health 11:807. 2011..The objective is to examine the prevalence of heterosexual unprotected anal intercourse among men and women who drink at informal alcohol serving establishments (shebeens) in South Africa...
The evaluation of immediate behavioural outcomes of the syndromic case management approach for the treatment of patients with sexually transmitted infections at PHC centres in South Africa: knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and sexual behaviourL C Simbayi
Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
SAHARA J 1:35-44. 2004..The implications of these findings for the control and prevention of both classic STIs and HIV/AIDS in South Africa are discussed...- Behavioural responses of South African youth to the HIV/AIDS epidemic: a nationwide surveyL C Simbayi
Social Aspects of HIV AIDS and Health, Human Science Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
AIDS Care 16:605-18. 2004..These results suggest that South African youth are heeding the message to abstain, be faithful and use a condom; messages that are at the core of South Africa's HIV/AIDS prevention programme... - Theory-based HIV risk reduction counseling for sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaLeickness C Simbayi
Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Sex Transm Dis 31:727-33. 2004..South Africa has the world's fastest growing AIDS epidemic. There is an urgent need for effective HIV risk reduction interventions in South Africa... - Alcohol use and sexual risks for HIV infection among men and women receiving sexually transmitted infection clinic services in Cape Town, South AfricaLeickness C Simbayi
Social Aspects of HIV AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council, P Bag X9182, Cape Town, South Africa
J Stud Alcohol 65:434-42. 2004..To examine the association of alcohol use and sexual risks for HIV infection in South Africa... - Stigma and discrimination experiences of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South AfricaA Cloete
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, Social Aspects of HIV AIDS and Health, Cape Town, South Africa
AIDS Care 20:1105-10. 2008..Mental health interventions, as well as structural changes for protection against discrimination, are needed for HIV-positive South African MSM... - HIV/AIDS risks among South African men who report sexually assaulting womenLeickness C Simbayi
Behavioural and Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Am J Health Behav 30:158-66. 2006..Sexually assaultive men were also more likely to endorse rape myths. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions that target men as the agents of change in reducing sexual assaults and HIV transmission are urgently needed... - Risk factors for HIV-AIDS among youth in Cape Town, South AfricaLeickness C Simbayi
Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
AIDS Behav 9:53-61. 2005..There is an urgent need for behavioral interventions targeted to young South Africans living in the most economically disadvantaged areas... - Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners and sexual risk behaviours among HIV-positive men and women, Cape Town, South AfricaL C Simbayi
Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Sex Transm Infect 83:29-34. 2007..The HIV epidemic continues to amplify in southern Africa and there is a growing need for HIV prevention interventions among people who have tested HIV positive... - Internalized stigma, discrimination, and depression among men and women living with HIV/AIDS in Cape Town, South AfricaLeickness C Simbayi
Social Aspects of HIV AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council, P Bag X9182, Cape Town 8000, South Africa
Soc Sci Med 64:1823-31. 2007..These results indicate an urgent need for social reform to reduce AIDS stigmas and the design of interventions to assist people living with HIV/AIDS to adjust and adapt to the social conditions of AIDS in South Africa... - Alcohol and risks for HIV/AIDS among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaLeickness C Simbayi
Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Subst Abus 27:37-43. 2006.... - Sexual exposure to blood and increased risks for heterosexual HIV transmission in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Afr J Reprod Health 8:55-8. 2004..Modern medical care providers as well as traditional healers should be encouraged to advise their clients to refrain from sexual intercourse during menstruation and other types of genital bleeding... - Frequency, quantity, and contextual use of alcohol among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 33:687-98. 2007..Interventions are needed that integrate HIV risk reduction with alcohol risk reduction in South Africa... 
HIV/AIDS risks among men and women who drink at informal alcohol serving establishments (Shebeens) in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Prev Sci 9:55-62. 2008..These results indicate an urgent need for multi-level HIV prevention interventions targeting shebeens and the men and women who drink in these settings...- Gender attitudes, sexual power, HIV risk: a model for understanding HIV risk behavior of South African menMichelle R Kaufman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
AIDS Care 20:434-41. 2008..A better understanding of gender roles and ideologies in combination with one's power in sexual relationships as they relate to HIV risk behavior among men could better inform future HIV prevention interventions... - HIV/AIDS risk reduction counseling for alcohol using sexually transmitted infections clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:594-600. 2007..There are no known interventions that directly target HIV risk behavior among people who drink and are at risk for HIV in Africa... - Alcohol expectancies and risky drinking among men and women at high-risk for HIV infection in Cape Town South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, United States
Addict Behav 32:2304-10. 2007..Sexual risk reduction interventions for those at greatest risk for HIV/AIDS should directly address alcohol expectancies... - Sensation seeking, alcohol use, and sexual behaviors among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 20:298-304. 2006..These findings suggest that alcohol use is an important HIV transmission risk factor for many STI clinic patients and that interventions for individuals who are characterized as sensation seekers are urgently needed in South Africa... - Coital bleeding and HIV risks among men and women in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:551-7. 2006..South Africa has one of the world's fastest growing HIV epidemics. Genital bleeding during sexual intercourse may play a role in facilitating HIV transmission in South Africa... - Generalizing a model of health behaviour change and AIDS stigma for use with sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
AIDS Care 18:178-82. 2006..These findings parallel similar tests of the IMB model in US samples and suggest that the IMB model may generalize to South Africa and may therefore be useful in guiding HIV risk reduction interventions... - Poverty-related stressors and HIV/AIDS transmission risks in two South African communitiesSeth C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, Department of Psychology, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Urban Health 82:237-49. 2005..These findings extend the findings of previous research to show that poverty-related stressors are associated with HIV transmission risks in some poverty-stricken communities and that these associations are not mediated by substance use... - Associations of poverty, substance use, and HIV transmission risk behaviors in three South African communitiesSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
Soc Sci Med 62:1641-9. 2006..The findings suggest that HIV prevention strategies should not treat AIDS as a singled out social problem independent of other social ills... - High rates of unprotected sex occurring among HIV-positive individuals in a daily diary study in South Africa: the role of alcohol useSusan M Kiene
Departments of Medicine and Community Health, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 49:219-26. 2008..The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of unprotected sex and to examine the association between alcohol consumption before sex and unprotected sex among HIV-positive individuals in Cape Town, South Africa... - Development of a brief scale to measure AIDS-related stigma in South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 06269, USA
AIDS Behav 9:135-43. 2005..Also supporting the scale's construct validity, individuals who refused to report whether they had been tested for HIV scored higher on the AIDS-Related Stigma Scale... - Sexual exposure to blood and behavioural risks among STI clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Sex Health 2:85-8. 2005..Exposure to blood during sexual intercourse is potentially important and yet understudied in HIV transmission... - Condom failure in South AfricaLeickness C Simbayi
S Afr Med J 97:476. 2007 - Recent multiple sexual partners and HIV transmission risks among people living with HIV/AIDS in BotswanaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Sex Transm Infect 83:371-5. 2007..HIV prevalence in Botswana is among the highest in the world and sexual networking patterns represent an important dimension to understanding the spread of HIV/AIDS... - Alcohol use and sexual risks for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review of empirical findingsSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Prev Sci 8:141-51. 2007..Sexual risk reduction interventions are needed for men and women who drink and interventions should be targeted to alcohol serving establishments...