Adapting an evidence-based HIV behavioral intervention for South African couples.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In South Africa, heterosexual couples are at risk for HIV infection and transmission through substance use, gender-based violence and traditional gender roles, and sex risk behaviors such as having multiple partners and unsafe sex.

Methods

To address these interconnected HIV risks among heterosexual couples, we used the ADAPT framework to modify an existing, efficacious women's HIV prevention intervention (the Western Cape Women's Health CoOp) to include components of an evidence-based couple's intervention from the United States (Project Connect) and components from the Men as Partners program that has been used successfully in South Africa. We conducted focus groups with men, women and couples, and obtained feedback from a long-standing Community Collaborative B

SUBMITTER: Wechsberg WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4344778 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature