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Binge drinking and condom negotiation behaviours among adolescent girls and young women living in Cape Town, South Africa: sexual control and perceived personal power by Singer, Suzanne E, Wechsberg, Wendee M, Kline, Tracy, Browne, Felicia A, Howard, Brittni N, Carney, Tara, Myers, Bronwyn, Bonner, Courtney Peasant, Chin-Quee, Dawn

“…Condom use among young people in South Africa has declined in recent years and adolescent girls and young women continue to bear the highest incidence of HIV…”
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The PrEPARE Pretoria Project: protocol for a cluster-randomized factorial-design trial to prevent HIV with PrEP among adolescent girls and young women in Tshwane, South Africa by Wechsberg, Wendee M, Browne, Felicia A, Ndirangu, Jacqueline, Bonner, Courtney Peasant, Minnis, Alexandra M, Nyblade, Laura, Speizer, Ilene S, Howard, Brittni N, Myers, Bronwyn, Ahmed, Khatija

“…Despite increased prevention efforts, HIV remains the leading cause of death among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa. Although research…”
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Adolescent female school dropouts who use drugs and engage in risky sex: effects of a brief pilot intervention in Cape Town, South Africa by Carney, Tara, Browne, Felicia A., Myers, Bronwyn, Kline, Tracy L., Howard, Brittni, Wechsberg, Wendee M.

“…Female adolescents from socioeconomically underserved communities in Cape Town, South Africa, who have dropped out of school, use substances, and engage in…”
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Stigma in the health clinic and implications for PrEP access and use by adolescent girls and young women: conflicting perspectives in South Africa by Nyblade, Laura, Ndirangu, Jacqueline W, Speizer, Ilene S, Browne, Felicia A, Bonner, Courtney Peasant, Minnis, Alexandra, Kline, Tracy L, Ahmed, Khatija, Howard, Brittni N, Cox, Erin N, Rinderle, Abigail, Wechsberg, Wendee M

“…Globally, an urgent need exists to expand access to HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), but the need is particularly acute in…”
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“Because all mothers is not the same”: The development and implementation of an in loco parentis informed consent procedure to enroll adolescent girls and young women to participate in HIV research by Bonner, Courtney Peasant, Fisher, Celia B., Carney, Tara, Browne, Felicia A., Gichane, Margaret W., Howard, Brittni N., Turner, Leslie, Wechsberg, Wendee M.

“…South Africa has one of the highest incidences of HIV among adolescent girls and young women (AGW), ages 15–24, and recent research has focused on developing…”
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Gender and Context Matter: Behavioral and Structural Interventions for People Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs in Africa by Wechsberg, Wendee M, van der Drift, Isa, Howard, Brittni N, Myers, Bronwyn, Browne, Felicia A, Bonner, Courtney Peasant, Carney, Tara, Ndirangu, Jacqueline, Washio, Yukiko

“…Heavy alcohol consumption and other drug use are prominent across Africa and increase the risk of exposure to violence, HIV acquisition, and other…”
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Addressing the nexus of risk: Biobehavioral outcomes from a cluster randomized trial of the Women’s Health CoOp Plus in Pretoria, South Africa by Wechsberg, Wendee M., Bonner, Courtney Peasant, Zule, William A., van der Horst, Charlie, Ndirangu, Jacqueline, Browne, Felicia A., Kline, Tracy L., Howard, Brittni N., Rodman, Nathaniel F.

“…•Approximately 55% of the women in the study were living with HIV.•Women in the Women’s Health CoOp+ (WHC+) were more likely to use a condom.•Women in the WHC+…”
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Current Interventions for People Living with HIV Who Use Alcohol: Why Gender Matters by Wechsberg, Wendee M., Browne, Felicia A., Bonner, Courtney Peasant, Washio, Yukiko, Howard, Brittni N., van der Drift, Isa

“…Purpose of Review Alcohol is the most misused substance in the world. For people living with HIV (PLWH), alcohol misuse may impact ART adherence and viral…”
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The Young Women's Health CoOp in Cape Town, South Africa: Study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial for adolescent women at risk for HIV by Wechsberg, Wendee M, Browne, Felicia A, Carney, Tara, Myers, Bronwyn, Minnis, Alexandra, MacDonald, Robert, Ndirangu, Jacqueline W, Turner, Leslie B, Howard, Brittni N, Rodman, Nathaniel

“…South Africa remains the global epicentre of HIV infection, and adolescent women have the highest incidence of HIV in the country. South Africa also has high…”
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A Scoping Review of Computer-Based and Telecommunication Technology Interventions to Address Drug and Alcohol Misuse and Smoking in Women by Washio, Yukiko, Hayashi, Yusuke, Atreyapurapu, Sravanthi, Chang, Katie, Ma, Tony, Howard, Brittni N., van der Drift, Isa, Browne, Felicia A., Wechsberg, Wendee M.

“…Computer-based and telecommunication technology has become increasingly common to address addiction among women. This review assessed the effect of…”
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing an evidence-based woman-focused intervention in South African health services by Howard, Brittni N, Van Dorn, Richard, Myers, Bronwyn J, Zule, William A, Browne, Felicia A, Carney, Tara, Wechsberg, Wendee M

“…Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, numerous behavior change, risk-reduction, and biomedical interventions have been developed and tested. While some of…”
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mHealth versus face-to-face: study protocol for a randomized trial to test a gender-focused intervention for young African American women at risk for HIV in North Carolina by Browne, Felicia A, Wechsberg, Wendee M, Kizakevich, Paul N, Zule, William A, Bonner, Courtney P, Madison, Ashton N, Howard, Brittni N, Turner, Leslie B

“…Disparities in the prevalence of HIV persist in the southern United States, and young African American women have a disproportionate burden of HIV as compared…”
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Sustainability of a gender-focused HIV and alcohol risk-reduction intervention in usual care settings in South Africa: a mixed methods analysis by Gichane, Margaret W., Wechsberg, Wendee M., Ndirangu, Jacqueline, Howard, Brittni, Bonner, Courtney Peasant, Browne, Felicia A., Zule, William A.

“…Intervention sustainability is a critical yet understudied aspect of implementation science research. To address this gap, we examined the sustainability of…”
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Outcomes of substance use and sexual power among adolescent girls and young women in Cape Town: Implications for structural and cultural differences by Wechsberg, Wendee M, Browne, Felicia A, Carney, Tara, Kline, Tracy L, Howard, Brittni N, Russell, Sara E, van der Drift, Isa, Myers, Bronwyn, Minnis, Alexandra M, Bonner, Courtney P, Ndirangu, Jacqueline W

“…Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in South Africa experience contextual barriers to HIV risk reduction including incomplete schooling, unintended…”
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Assessing Differences in mHealth Usability and App Experiences Among Young African American Women: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial by Opper, Claudia A, Browne, Felicia A, Howard, Brittni N, Zule, William A, Wechsberg, Wendee M

“…In North Carolina, HIV continues to disproportionately affect young African American women. Although mobile health (mHealth) technology appears to be a tool…”
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Condom Use, Multiple Rounds of Sex, and Alcohol Use Among South African Women Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs: An Event-Level Analysis by Zule, William A, Speizer, Ilene S, Browne, Felicia A, Howard, Brittni N, Wechsberg, Wendee M

“…BACKGROUNDHigh rates of alcohol and other drug use contribute to the ongoing generalized human immunodeficiency virus epidemic in South Africa. Despite the…”
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Exploring the associations between physical and sexual gender-based violence and HIV among women who use substances in South Africa: the role of agency and alcohol by Bonner, Courtney Peasant, Browne, Felicia A., Ndirangu, Jacqueline W., Howard, Brittni, Zule, William A., Speizer, Ilene S., Kline, Tracy, Wechsberg, Wendee M.

“…Objective: South Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV among women, the highest prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV), and the highest rates of per…”
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An Evidence-Based HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention for Young African American Women in the US South Using mHealth: Adaptation and Development Study by Watkins, Rebecca L, Browne, Felicia A, Kizakevich, Paul N, Howard, Brittni N, Turner, Leslie B, Eckhoff, Randall, Wechsberg, Wendee M

“…Young African American women have higher rates of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, than those of young women of other racial and ethnic groups…”
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Role of farmer knowledge in agro-ecosystem science: rice farming and amphibians in the Philippines by Propper, Catherine R, Hardy, Lisa J, Howard, Brittni D, Flor, Rica Joy B, Síngleton, Grant R

“…Rice (Oryza sativa) agriculture provides food and economic security for nearly half of the world's population. Rice agriculture is intensive in both land and…”
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Implementation science outcomes of a gender-focused HIV and alcohol risk-reduction intervention in usual-care settings in South Africa by Gichane, Margaret W., Wechsberg, Wendee M., Ndirangu, Jacqueline, Browne, Felicia A., Bonner, Courtney Peasant, Grimwood, Ashraf, Shaikh, Najma, Howard, Brittni, Zule, William A.

“…•Hazardous alcohol use reduces antiretroviral adherence.•Few HIV and alcohol risk interventions have been implemented in real-world settings.•We found high…”
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