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Intimate partner violence, relationship power inequity, and incidence of HIV infection in young women in South Africa: a cohort study by Jewkes, Rachel K, Prof, Dunkle, Kristin, PhD, Nduna, Mzikazi, MA, Shai, Nwabisa, MPH

“…Summary Background Cross-sectional studies have shown that intimate partner violence and gender inequity in relationships are associated with increased…”
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Effectiveness of a multi-level intervention to reduce men's perpetration of intimate partner violence: a cluster randomised controlled trial by Christofides, Nicola J, Hatcher, Abigail M, Rebombo, Dumisani, McBride, Ruari-Santiago, Munshi, Shehnaz, Pino, Angelica, Abdelatif, Nada, Peacock, Dean, Levin, Jonathan, Jewkes, Rachel K

“…Men's perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) limits gains in health and wellbeing for populations globally. Largely informal, rapidly expanding…”
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Gender-based violence, relationship power, and risk of HIV infection in women attending antenatal clinics in South Africa by Dunkle, Kristin L, Jewkes, Rachel K, Brown, Heather C, Gray, Glenda E, McIntryre, James A, Harlow, Siobán D

“…Gender-based violence and gender inequality are increasingly cited as important determinants of women's HIV risk; yet empirical research on possible…”
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Early adolescent pregnancy increases risk of incident HIV infection in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: a longitudinal study by Christofides, Nicola J, Jewkes, Rachel K, Dunkle, Kristin L, Nduna, Mzikazi, Shai, Nwabisa Jama, Sterk, Claire

“…Introduction Adolescents having unprotected heterosexual intercourse are at risk of HIV infection and unwanted pregnancy. However, there is little evidence to…”
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Prevalence of consensual male-male sex and sexual violence, and associations with HIV in South Africa: a population-based cross-sectional study by Dunkle, Kristin L, Jewkes, Rachel K, Murdock, Daniel W, Sikweyiya, Yandisa, Morrell, Robert

“…In sub-Saharan Africa the population prevalence of men who have sex with men (MSM) is unknown, as is the population prevalence of male-on-male sexual violence,…”
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Associations between depressive symptoms, sexual behaviour and relationship characteristics: a prospective cohort study of young women and men in the Eastern Cape, South Africa by Nduna, Mzikazi, Jewkes, Rachel K, Dunkle, Kristin L, Shai, Nwabisa P Jama, Colman, Ian

“…Background Psychological factors are often neglected in HIV research, although psychological distress is common in low‐ to middle‐income countries, such as…”
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SHARE: a milestone in joint programming for HIV and intimate partner violence by Jewkes, Rachel K

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Correction to: Effectiveness of a multi-level intervention to reduce men’s perpetration of intimate partner violence: a cluster randomised controlled trial by Christofides, Nicola J, Hatcher, Abigail M, Rebombo, Dumisani, McBride, Ruari-Santiago, Munshi, Shehnaz, Pino, Angelica, Abdelatif, Nada, Peacock, Dean, Levin, Jonathan, Jewkes, Rachel K

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article…”
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Risk factors for unplanned and unwanted teenage pregnancies occurring over two years of follow-up among a cohort of young South African women by Christofides, Nicola J., Jewkes, Rachel K., Dunkle, Kristin L., McCarty, Frances, Shai, Nwabisa Jama, Nduna, Mzikazi, Sterk, Claire

“…Although teenage pregnancies in South Africa have declined, the short and longer term health and social consequences are a potential public health concern…”
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Associations between childhood adversity and depression, substance abuse and HIV and HSV2 incident infections in rural South African youth by Jewkes, Rachel K, Dunkle, Kristin, Nduna, Mzikazi, Jama, P. Nwabisa, Puren, Adrian

“…Abstract Objectives To describe prevalence of childhood experiences of adversity in rural South African youth and their associations with health outcomes…”
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Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa by Russell, Marcia, Cupp, Pamela K., Jewkes, Rachel K., Gevers, Anik, Mathews, Catherine, LeFleur-Bellerose, Chantel, Small, Jeon

“…This study aimed to describe potentially preventable factors in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration and victimization among South African 8th grade…”
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other patients are really in need of medical attention : the quality of health services for rape survivors in South Africa by CHRISTOFIDES, Nicola J, JEWKES, Rachel K, WEBSTER, Naomi, PENN-KEKANA, Loveday, ABRAHAMS, Naeema, MARTIN, Lorna J

“…To investigate in the South African public health sector where the best services for rape survivors were provided, who provided them, what the providers'…”
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Perpetration of partner violence and HIV risk behaviour among young men in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa by DUNKLE, Kristin L, JEWKES, Rachel K, NDUNA, Mzikazi, LEVIN, Jonathan, JAMA, Nwabisa, KHUZWAYO, Nelisiwe, KOSS, Mary P, DUVVURY, Nata

“…To examine associations between the perpetration of intimate partner violence and HIV risk behaviour among young men in rural South Africa. An analysis of…”
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Transactional sex among women in Soweto, South Africa: prevalence, risk factors and association with HIV infection by Dunkle, Kristin L., Jewkes, Rachel K., Brown, Heather C., Gray, Glenda E., McIntryre, James A., Harlow, Sioḃán D.

“…Sex workers have long been considered a high-risk group for HIV infection, but to date little quantitative research has explored the association between HIV…”
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Prevalence and risk factors for intimate partner violence among Grade 8 learners in urban South Africa: baseline analysis from the Skhokho Supporting Success cluster randomised controlled trial by Shamu, Simukai, Gevers, Anik, Mahlangu, B. Pinky, Jama Shai, P. Nwabisa, Chirwa, Esnat D., Jewkes, Rachel K.

“…Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem among adolescents. This study investigated the prevalence of and factors…”
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Prevalence and Patterns of Gender-based Violence and Revictimization among Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Soweto, South Africa by Dunkle, Kristin L., Jewkes, Rachel K., Brown, Heather C., Yoshihama, Mieko, Gray, Glenda E., McIntyre, James A., Harlow, Siobán D.

“…Gender-based violence is a key health risk for women globally and in South Africa. The authors analyzed data from 1,395 interviews with women attending…”
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Gender inequalities, intimate partner violence and HIV preventive practices: findings of a South African cross-sectional study by Jewkes, Rachel K, Levin, Jonathan B, Penn-Kekana, Loveday A

“…The aim of the paper is to investigate associations between a range of markers of gender inequity, including financial, psychological and physical violence,…”
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Why are women still aborting outside designated facilities in metropolitan South Africa? by Jewkes, Rachel K., Gumede, Tebogo, Westaway, Margaret S., Dickson, Kim, Brown, Heather, Rees, Helen

“…Objective  To explore why South African women still abort outside designated services where there is substantial legal service provision. Design  Descriptive…”
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Perpetration of physical and sexual abuse and subsequent fathering of pregnancies among a cohort of young South African men: a longitudinal study by Christofides, Nicola J, Jewkes, Rachel K, Dunkle, Kristin L, McCarty, Frances A, Shai, Nwabisa Jama, Nduna, Mzikazi, Sterk, Claire E

“…Young men's involvement in fathering pregnancies has been substantially neglected in unintended pregnancy research. Gender norms give men substantial power and…”
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Silence: a strategy used to deal with psychological distress by young people in the Eastern Cape, South Africa by Nduna, Mzikazi, Jewkes, Rachel K.

“…Reported high levels of distress in South African youth are worrying. This article presents an analysis of expression of distress from narratives of young…”
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