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     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Widespread rape does not directly appear to increase the overall HIV prevalence in conflict-affected
countries: So now what?
Anema A, Joffres MR, Mills E, Spiegel PB.
Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008 Jul 29;5(1):11.
Paper

Gender inequality and domestic violence: implications for human immunodeficiency
 virus (HIV) prevention.
Kaye DK.
Afr Health Sci. 2004 Apr;4(1):67-70
 Abstract
 
        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
 
Domestic spousal violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa: Policy analysis and evidence from surveys
R Diallo, AE Sommerfelt, R Borwankar   
(136 APHA)
 Abstract

POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
 Estimating the impact of widespread rape on HIV prevalence in conflict affected sub-Saharan
African countries
P Spiegel  
(XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Poster Presentation

Prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence among refugee women in
sub-Saharan Africa: implications for HIV/AIDS
John-Langba J.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Botswana
                                                              

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  The Relationship of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence to Sexual-Risk Behaviour
among Refugee Women in Sub-Saharan Africa.
John-Langba J
World Health Popul. 2007;9(2):26-37
 Abstract
DR Congo
                                                              

    Internet Documents

  FULL-TEXT REPORT
 Seeking Justice: The Prosecution of Sexual Violence in the Congo Ward
 Human Rights Watch  March 07, 2005
Report
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Sexual violence-related fistulas in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Onsrud M, Sjøveian S, Luhiriri R, Mukwege D.  
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2008 Sep 22
 Abstract

Fistula and traumatic genital injury from sexual violence in a conflict setting in Eastern Congo:
case studies.
Longombe AO, Claude KM, Ruminjo J. 
Reprod Health Matters. 2008 May;16(31):132-41.
Abstract
 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

 
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in women with vesico-vaginal fistula post rape in Eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo
 Cirimwami MF
 (4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Silent genocide: breaking the silence on war and rape
Renton L., Sande-Mukulira C.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Combating sexual violence in the eastern region of DR Congo Region: reducing HIV transmission
through PEP
MacIntosh B., Nangini C.
 (XVI  International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Protecting woman and children from sexual violence and exploitation in conflict
T Hiddleston, P Shifman, T Renaud
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Egypt
                                                              

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Physical Violence and Some Reproductive Health Variables among Currently Married Egyptian Women.
Afifi M.
J Egypt Public Health Assoc. 2008;83(1-2):49-66.
 Abstract
 
Determinants and health consequences of domestic violence among women in reproductive age at zagazig
district, egypt.
Fahmy HH, Abd El-Rahman SI. 
J Egypt Public Health Assoc. 2008;83(1-2):87-106.
 Abstract
 
Sexual abuse experienced by married Egyptian women.
Elnashar AM, El-Dien Ibrahim M, Eldesoky MM, et al
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2007 Sep 20;
 Abstract
 
Beyond the shadows: domestic spousal violence in a "democratizing" egypt.
Ammar NH.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2006 Oct;7(4):244-59.
 Abstract

Domestic violence against women in Egypt-wife beating and health outcomes.
Diop-Sidibe N, Campbell JC, Becker S.
Soc Sci Med. 2005 Aug 30;
Abstract
Ethiopia
                                                              
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Prevalence and risk factors of gender-based violence among female college students in Awassa, Ethiopia.
Arnold D, Gelaye B, Goshu M, et al 
Violence Vict. 2008;23(6):787-800.
 Abstract

Depressive Symptoms Among Female College Students Experiencing Gender-Based Violence in Awassa,
Ethiopia.
Gelaye B, Arnold D, Williams MA, et al
J Interpers Violence. 2008 May 1
Abstract

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

  The missed link - gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS
Kifetew K.
 (XVI  International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Ghana
                                                              

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Violence against women in Ghana: a look at women's perceptions and review
of policy and social responses.
Amoakohene MI.
Soc Sci Med. 2004 Dec;59(11):2373-85
 Abstract

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

  Female genital mutilation (FGM) in Ghana: A human rights approach to its eradication
MA Ako
 Abstract
Kenya
                                                              

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Engendering health sector responses to sexual violence and HIV in Kenya: Results of a
qualitative study.
Kilonzo N, Taegtmeyer M, Molyneux C, et al 
AIDS Care. 2008 Feb;20(2):188-90.
 Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence and reproductive health of women in Kenya.
Emenike E, Lawoko S, Dalal K.
Int Nurs Rev. 2008 Mar;55(1):97-102.
 Abstract

Increased Risk of HIV in Women Experiencing Physical Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya.
Fonck K, Els L, Kidula N, Ndinya-Achola J, Temmerman M. 
AIDS Behav. 2005 Aug 25;:1-5
Abstract

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

 
HIV PEP uptake among sexual assault survivors: results of an observational study
 Kilonzo N , Ajema C , Theobald S , Taegtmeyer M, et al 
(4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Who is to blame? Community attitudes about coerced sex in rural Kenya
P Tavrow,  A Obbuyi, V Omollo
 Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence, unprotected sex, and HIV risk in Kenya
AM Dude
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Intimate partner violence, unprotected sex, and HIV risk in Kenya
Dude A.
 (XVI  International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Gender violence & HIV
Sorley D.
 (XVI  International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
HIV and violence against women: empowering community to protect the girl-child/woman
Mwangi E.N., Tuvako  S, Feldman J
 (XVI  International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Implementing comprehensive post rape care in voluntary counselling and
testing sites in district hospitals in Kenya: Implications for policy and practice
N Kilonzo, C Speight, S Theobald, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract

Rape and HIV – from prevention to care: what is the role of multi-disciplinary approaches?
N Kilonzo, M Taegtmeyer, C Speight, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract

Providing post-exposure prophylaxis as part of comprehensive post-rape care -
Thika District Hospital, Kenya
C G Speight, C Mbugua, E Kuria,et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract

Vulnerability of female refugees to HIV infection due to increased risk of rape
and defilement in the refugee settlements
E F Aguti, D Tibyampasha
 (14IAC)
 Abstract
Lesotho
                                                              
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Sexual violence in Lesotho.
Brown L, Thurman T, Bloem J, Kendall C. 
Stud Fam Plann. 2006 Dec;37(4):269-80.
 Abstract
 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

  Relationship between sexual violence and HIV risk behavior among women in Lesotho
L Brown
 (133 APHA)
 Abstract
Malawi
                                                              

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  "I thought . . . maybe this is my chance": Sexual Abuse Against Girls and Women With
Disabilities in Malawi.
Kvam MH, Braathen SH. 
Sex Abuse. 2008 Mar;20(1):5-24.
Abstract
 
        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
  Who is at risk? Individual and contextual risk factors for domestic violence in Sub-Saharan Africa:
The case for Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
M. Sawhney, W Sambisa
(136 APHA)
 Abstract
Mozambique
                                                              

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

  Increasing partner involvement in antenatal care settings: comparing two approaches
Yersin I, Adriano H, Langa, et al 
(4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract
Nigeria
                                                              

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Pattern and determinants of domestic violence among prenatal clinic attendees in a referral centre,
South-east Nigeria.
Umeora OU, Dimejesi BI, Ejikeme BN, Egwuatu VE.
 J Obstet Gynaecol. 2008 Nov;28(8):769-74
 Abstract
 
Prevalence of violence against pregnant women in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Fawole AO, Hunyinbo KI, Fawole OI.
 Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2008 Aug;48(4):405-14.
 Abstract
 
Burden of domestic violence amongst infertile women attending infertility clinics in Nigeria.
Ameh N, Kene TS, Onuh SO, et al  
Niger J Med. 2007 Oct-Dec;16(4):375-7.
 Abstract
 
Current causes and management of violence against women in Nigeria.
Aimakhu C, Olayemi O, Iwe C, et al.
J Obstet Gynaecol. 2004;24(1):58-63.
 Abstract

Current causes and management of violence against women in Nigeria.
Aimakhu C, Olayemi O, Iwe C, et al.
J Obstet Gynaecol. 2004;24(1):58-63.
 Abstract

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

 
Sexual violence among female street adolescents in Okota, Lagos
 Ifeanyi O., Olubummi M.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Violence against woman and HIV/AIDS-Nigeria experience
Sanni D., Balogun K., Bashiru S., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Vulnerability to HIV infection due to gender based violence: evidence from girls in the
Informal sector in Ibadan, Nigeria
Fawole F., Adekeye A.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Perceived link of sexual violence to HIV transmission by men and women in a Yoruba community
in Nigeria
Irinoye O.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Education for men groups at the grassroots level on the eradication of violence against
women.
O Doherty
 (15IAC)
 Abstract

Vulnerability To HIV Infection Due To Gender Based Violence: Evidence From Young
Women In Nigeria.
O I Fawole, A J Ajuwon, K O Osungbade
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Rwanda
                                                              

     Internet Documents

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Struggling To Survive: Barriers to Justice for Rape Victims in Rwanda
Human Rights Watch September 2004   Vol. 16, No. 10(A)
Report

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
A historic first: HIV and rape as tools of genocide in Rwanda
A-C D'Adesky, M Cohen, M Fabri, et al
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Gender based violence: Rape and HIV as weapons of war
A-C D'Adesky
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Fighting for Justice in the wake of Gender Based Violence
M McLemore
(134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Health of woman´s raped during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, infected by the VIH/SIDA;
stigmatized, discriminated, disabled and poor
Mukandoli C.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Measuring trauma in Rwandan women
 M Fabri  J.Lu , A.Binagwaho, et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Access to HIV treatment is catalyst to Rwandan genocide rape survivors desire to speak out
 M Cohen, M Fabri, K Anastos, et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 

Silent genocide: breaking the silence on war and rape
Renton L., Sande-Mukulira C.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
South Africa
                                                              

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa.
Suffla S, Van Niekerk A, Arendse N.
BMC Public Health. 2008 Oct 21;8:363.
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Physical violence against intimate partners and related exposures to violence among South African men.
Gupta J, Silverman JG, Hemenway D,et al 
CMAJ. 2008 Sep 9;179(6):535-41.
Paper
 
The epidemiology and the pathology of suspected rape homicide in South Africa.
Abrahams N, Martin LJ, Jewkes R, et al 
Forensic Sci Int. 2008 Apr 14
 Abstract
 
Wife Beating in South Africa: An Imbalance Theory of Resources and Power.
Choi SY, Ting KF.
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Feb 21
 Abstract
 
Missed opportunities to address reproductive health care needs among HIV-infected women in
antiretroviral therapy programmes.
Myer L, Rebe K, Morroni C. 
Trop Med Int Health. 2007 Dec;12(12):1484-9.
 Abstract
 
Association between sexual violence and psychiatric morbidity among HIV positive women in
South Africa.
Olley BO, Abrahams N, Stein DJ. 
Afr J Med Med Sci. 2006 Dec;35 Suppl:143-7.
 Abstract
 
A comprehensive programme addressing HIV/AIDS and gender based violence.
Jansen van Rensburg MS.
SAHARA J. 2007 Nov;4(3):695-706.
Abstract
 
HIV infection among victims of sexual assault using condoms and other contraceptive
methods: a comparative study.
Meel BL.
Med Sci Law. 2007 Oct;47(4):341-4.
 Abstract
 
"Showing roughness in a beautiful way": talk about love, coercion, and rape in South African
youth sexual culture.
Wood K, Lambert H, Jewkes R. 
Med Anthropol Q. 2007 Sep;21(3):277-300.
 Abstract
 
Understanding the Impact of a Microfinance-Based Intervention on Women's Empowerment
and the Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa.
Kim JC, Watts CH, Hargreaves JR, et al
Am J Public Health. 2007 Aug 29;
 Abstract
 
Characteristics, Treatment, and Antiretroviral Prophylaxis: Adherence of South African Rape
Survivors.
Carries S, Muller F, Muller FJ, et al 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Jul 19
 Abstract
 
Transactional sex with casual and main partners among young South African men in the rural
Eastern Cape: Prevalence, predictors, and associations with gender-based violence.
Dunkle KL, Jewkes R, Nduna M, et al  
Soc Sci Med. 2007 Jun 7
 Abstract
 
Perpetration of partner violence and HIV risk behaviour among young men in the rural Eastern
Cape, South Africa.
Dunkle KL, Jewkes RK, Nduna M, et al
AIDS. 2006 Oct 24;20(16):2107-2114.
Abstract
 
Cultural similarities and differences between a sample of black/african and colored
women in South Africa: convergence of risk related to substance use, sexual behavior,
and violence.
Sawyer KM, Wechsberg WM, Myers BJ.  
Women Health. 2006;43(2):73-92.
 Abstract
 
Factors associated with HIV sero-status in young rural South African women: connections
between intimate partner violence and HIV.
Jewkes R, Dunkle K, Nduna M, et al
Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Sep 28;
 Abstract
 
Rape perpetration by young, rural South African men: Prevalence, patterns and risk factors.
Jewkes R, Dunkle K, Koss MP,  et al
Soc Sci Med. 2006 Sep 6;
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Women's experiences of and preferences for services after rape in South Africa: interview study
Christofides NJ, Muirhead D, Jewkes RK,  et al
BMJ 2006;332:209-213, doi:10.1136
Paper
 
How nurses' experiences of domestic violence influence service provision:
Study conducted in North-west province, South Africa.
Christofides NJ, Silo Z.
 Nurs Health Sci. 2005 Mar;7(1):9-14.
Abstract

The epidemiology of rape and sexual coercion in South Africa: an overview.
Jewkes R, Abrahams N. 
Soc Sci Med 2002 Oct;55(7):1231-44
 Abstract

Women enjoy punishment": attitudes and experiences of gender-based violence
among PHC nurses in rural South Africa.
Kim J, Motsei M.
 Soc Sci Med 2002 Apr;54(8):1243-54
 Abstract

  

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

 
POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
 Tackling HIV and gender-based violence in South Africa: organisational responses to PEPFAR
E Ghanotakis
 (XVII  International AIDS Conference)
 Poster Presentation

Integrating screening for intimate partner violence into voluntary counseling and
testing for HIV in South Africa: Women's experiences
 (134 APHA)
N Christofides,  RK Jewkes, C Mooideen
 Abstract
 

Trauma and HIV infection among Black South African women
L Armistead, G Lindner, F Palin,  et al
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Influence of sexual aggression on educational outcomes for young women in South Africa
SM. Lee-Rife
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Men's voices about using drugs and abusing women: Drugs, rape and HIV fears in Cape Town,
South Africa
WM. Wechsberg, KM Sawyer, R Karg, W Luseno