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Can money prevent the spread of HIV? A review of cash payments for HIV preventionAudrey Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
AIDS Behav 16:1729-38. 2012....- 'If I buy the Kellogg's then he should [buy] the milk': young women's perspectives on relationship dynamics, gender power and HIV risk in Johannesburg, South AfricaAudrey Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Cult Health Sex 14:477-90. 2012..The disconnect between expectations of relationships and young women's lived realities emphasises the need for structural changes that afford women greater economic and thus decision making power... - Contraception use and pregnancy among 15-24 year old South African women: a nationally representative cross-sectional surveyCatherine MacPhail
Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, PO Box 18512, Hillbrow 2038, South Africa
BMC Med 5:31. 2007..In South Africa, high numbers of adolescent women report pregnancies that are unwanted and yet few have accessed available termination of pregnancy services. Enabling contraception use is vital for meeting the goals of HIV prevention... 
Free distribution of insecticide treated bed nets to pregnant women in Kinshasa: an effective way to achieve 80% use by women and their newbornsAudrey Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Trop Med Int Health 14:20-8. 2009....- Early coital debut and associated HIV risk factors among young women and men in South AfricaAudrey Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35:82-90. 2009..Young people in South Africa are at high risk of HIV infection. Because first sexual experiences may influence a young person's HIV risk, a better understanding of coital debut is needed... - Keep them in school: the importance of education as a protective factor against HIV infection among young South African womenAudrey E Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Int J Epidemiol 37:1266-73. 2008..This analysis focuses on the subset of sexually experienced young women with only one reported lifetime sex partner (n = 1708)... - Use of injectable progestin contraception and risk of STI among South African womenAudrey Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Contraception 80:555-60. 2009.... - Bed net ownership, use and perceptions among women seeking antenatal care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): opportunities for improved maternal and child healthAudrey Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
BMC Public Health 8:331. 2008.... - A tale of two countries: rethinking sexual risk for HIV among young people in South Africa and the United StatesAudrey E Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Adolesc Health 49:237-243.e1. 2011.... - Continued high risk sexual behavior following diagnosis with acute HIV infection in South Africa and Malawi: implications for preventionAudrey Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7435, McGavran Greenberg Bldg, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
AIDS Behav 15:1243-50. 2011..Studies are underway to determine the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of interventions designed for individuals with AHI... - Perceived control over condom use among sex workers in Madagascar: a cohort studyAudrey Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
BMC Womens Health 10:4. 2010..However, many existing analyses used cross-sectional data and little quantitative information exists to characterize the relationships between perceived control and actual condom use among sex worker populations... 
Highly efficient HIV transmission to young women in South AfricaAudrey E Pettifor
Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
AIDS 21:861-5. 2007..Such findings have led to hypotheses that the probability of HIV transmission from men to women must be far higher than previously appreciated...- Challenge of evaluating a national HIV prevention programme: the case of loveLife, South AfricaAudrey E Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, CB 7435, McGavran Greenberg Building, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Sex Transm Infect 83:i70-74. 2007.... - Increased risk of chlamydial and gonococcal infection in adolescent sex workers in MadagascarAudrey E Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:475-8. 2007..To examine and compare young sex workers' risk of acquisition of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with the risk among their older counterparts... - A community-based study to examine the effect of a youth HIV prevention intervention on young people aged 15-24 in South Africa: results of the baseline surveyAudrey E Pettifor
Reproductive Health Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gyneacology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Trop Med Int Health 10:971-80. 2005.... - Young people's sexual health in South Africa: HIV prevalence and sexual behaviors from a nationally representative household surveyAudrey E Pettifor
Reproductive Health Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
AIDS 19:1525-34. 2005..To determine the prevalence of HIV infection, HIV risk factors, and exposure to national HIV prevention programs, and to identify factors associated with HIV infection among South African youth, aged 15-24 years... - Factors associated with HIV testing among public sector clinic attendees in Johannesburg, South AfricaAudrey Pettifor
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
AIDS Behav 14:913-21. 2010..87; 95% CI: 1.20-6.86). Promotion of and increased access to couples HIV testing should be made available within the South African context... - Predicting partner HIV testing and counseling following a partner notification interventionLillian B Brown
Department of Epidemiology, CB 7435, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
AIDS Behav 16:1148-55. 2012..A risk score to target partner notification can reduce the resources required to locate all partners in the community while increasing the testing yield compared to patient-referral... - Unmet need for contraception among sex workers in MadagascarMaria R Khan
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Contraception 79:221-7. 2009..The study was conducted to investigate past and future pregnancy preferences and contraceptive need among Malagasy sex workers... - Consistent condom use in South African youth's most recent sexual relationshipsWitness Moyo
Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of Witwatersrand, Soweto P O Bertsham, Johannesburg, 2013, South Africa
AIDS Behav 12:431-40. 2008..HIV interventions should empower youth to talk about using condoms with their partners, encourage periodic testing for HIV, and reinforce condom use according to HIV status in long-term relationships... - Association between knowing someone who died of AIDS and behavior change among South African youthRakhee Palekar
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
AIDS Behav 12:903-12. 2008.... - Cost-effectiveness of adding bed net distribution for malaria prevention to antenatal services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the CongoSylvia I Becker-Dreps
Department of Family Medicine and Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7595, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:496-502. 2009..95-$1,085.89). If resources were constrained, the greatest benefit would be among women in their first through fourth pregnancies. Thus, ITN distribution is a cost-effective addition to antenatal services... - HIV partner notification is effective and feasible in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities for HIV treatment and preventionLillian B Brown
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 56:437-42. 2011..However, many African countries do not have a standardized protocol for partner notification, and the effectiveness of partner notification has not been evaluated in developing countries ... - Vaginal microbicide and diaphragm use for sexually transmitted infection prevention: a randomized acceptability and feasibility study among high-risk women in MadagascarFrieda M Behets
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7435, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:818-26. 2008.... - Loss to follow-up before and after delivery among women testing HIV positive during pregnancy in Johannesburg, South AfricaKate Clouse
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Trop Med Int Health 18:451-60. 2013..HIV-positive pregnant women are at heightened risk of becoming lost to follow-up (LTFU) from HIV care. We examined LTFU before and after delivery among pregnant women newly diagnosed with HIV... - Predictors of dual method use for pregnancy and HIV prevention among adolescent South African womenCatherine MacPhail
Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand, PO Bertsham 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa
Contraception 75:383-9. 2007..Dual contraceptive method use is advocated for adolescent women to prevent pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV... - "You must do the test to know your status": attitudes to HIV voluntary counseling and testing for adolescents among South African youth and parentsCatherine Lorne MacPhail
Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa
Health Educ Behav 35:87-104. 2008..Discussions highlighted the inappropriateness of clinical facilities for youth VCT. We conclude with recommendations for youth-friendly VCT services... - HIV risk behaviors in sub-Saharan Africa and Northern Thailand: baseline behavioral data from Project AcceptBecky L Genberg
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 49:309-19. 2008.... - Sexual power and HIV risk, South AfricaAudrey E Pettifor
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1996-2004. 2004..77 times more likely to use condoms inconsistently (95% CI 1.86-17.91). Inconsistent condom use was, in turn, significantly associated with HIV infection (adjusted odds ratio 1.58, 95% CI 1.10-2.27)... - Factors associated with substance use among orphaned and non-orphaned youth in South AfricaSusanne Meghdadpour
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of NC, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Adolesc 35:1329-40. 2012..Findings confirm that some sub-groups of orphaned youth are at increased risk of substance use and families and communities may be influential in moderating this risky behavior... - Sexual violence and reproductive health outcomes among South African female youths: a contextual analysisIlene S Speizer
Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, CB 8120, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8120
Am J Public Health 99:S425-31. 2009..We studied whether female youths from communities with higher sexual violence were at greater risk of negative reproductive health outcomes... - Rethinking the heterosexual infectivity of HIV-1: a systematic review and meta-analysisKimberly A Powers
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Lancet Infect Dis 8:553-63. 2008..001 was estimated among stable couples with low prevalences of high-risk cofactors, and represents a lower bound. Cofactor effects are important to include in epidemic models, policy considerations, and prevention messages... - Predictors of adherent use of diaphragms and microbicide gel in a four-arm, randomized pilot study among female sex workers in MadagascarAbigail Norris Turner
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7435, USA
Sex Transm Dis 36:249-57. 2009..Participants' protocol adherence may influence assessments of the effectiveness of new female-controlled methods for sexually transmitted infection prevention... - Detection of acute HIV infection: a field evaluation of the determine® HIV-1/2 Ag/Ab combo testNora E Rosenberg
Departments of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA
J Infect Dis 205:528-34. 2012..In the absence of antibodies, p24 antigen and RNA typically indicate acute HIV infection. We conducted a field evaluation of the Determine® HIV-1/2 Ag/Ab Combo rapid test (Combo RT)... - Glen or Glenda: reported gender of sex partners in two statewide HIV databasesElizabeth A Torrone
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Public Health 100:525-30. 2010..We assessed agreement of reported gender of sex partners in 2 statewide HIV databases linked by client identifiers... - Association between cervical dysplasia and human papillomavirus in HIV seropositive women from Johannesburg South AfricaCynthia Firnhaber
Department of Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Cancer Causes Control 21:433-43. 2010..To examine the association between CD4 counts, HPV infection and the risk of cervical neoplasia among HIV-seropositive women... - Risk behavior disclosure during HIV test counselingElizabeth Ann Torrone
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 24:551-61. 2010..Modifications to the risk assessment process, including better explaining the role of the risk assessment in prevention counseling, may increase the validity of the data... - Initiating antiretroviral therapy when presenting with higher CD4 cell counts results in reduced loss to follow-up in a resource-limited settingKate Clouse
Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
AIDS 27:645-50. 2013..Mortality and morbidity are known to be reduced when initiating at higher CD4 levels; we explored the impact on patient loss to follow-up... - Early age of first sex: a risk factor for HIV infection among women in ZimbabweAudrey E Pettifor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
AIDS 18:1435-42. 2004..HIV prevention strategies should include delaying the age of first coitus and should address the barriers that may prevent young women from so doing...
Research Grants
- Effects of Cash Transfer and Community Mobilization in Young South African WomenAudrey Pettifor; Fiscal Year: 2010....