Addressing the nexus of risk: Biobehavioral outcomes from a cluster randomized trial of the Women's Health CoOp Plus in Pretoria, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV prevalence has increased among South African women who use alcohol and other drugs (AOD). However, HIV prevention and treatment efforts have not focused on this population. This study presents the efficacy of the Women's Health CoOp Plus (WHC+) in a cluster-randomized trial to reduce AOD use, gender-based violence, and sexual risk and to increase linkage to HIV care among women who use AODs, compared with HIV counseling and testing alone.

Methods

Black African women (N = 641) were recruited from 14 geographic clusters in Pretoria, South Africa, and underwent either an evidence-based gender-focused HIV prevention intervention that included HIV counseling and testing (WHC+) or HIV counseling and testing alone. Participants were assessed at baseline, 6-months, an

SUBMITTER: Wechsberg WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6415667 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature