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Global/Multinational     Pregnancy Citations
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Epidemiology of HIV Infection in Women and Children: A Global Perspective.
Shetty AK.
 Curr HIV Res. 2013 Feb 21
 Abstract

Choice Is Empowering: Getting Strategic About Preventing HIV Infection in Women.
Gollub EL. 
Int Fam Plan Perspect. 2006 Dec;32(4):209-212.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Gender and Monitoring the Response to HIV / AIDS Pandemic.
Delay P.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Dec;10(12):1979-1983
Paper
Australia/Pacific Islands   Pregnancy Citations
     
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  HIV Stigma and Discrimination in Medical Settings: Stories From African Women in New Zealand.
 Cannon Poindexter C.
Soc Work Health Care. 2013 Sep;52(8):704-27
 Abstract

"I don’t blame that guy that gave it to me": Contested discourses of victimisation and culpability in the narratives of heterosexual women infected with HIV.
 Persson A.
AIDS Care. 2013 Jun 27
 Abstract

Review of antenatal testing policies and practice for HIV and hepatitis C infection.
Spencer JD, Tibbits D, Tippet C, et al
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2003 Dec;27(6):614-9.
 Abstract
Middle East  Pregnancy Citations
     
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Women and HIV: the urgent need for more research and policy attention in the Middle East and North Africa region.
 DeJong J, Battistin F.
J Int AIDS Soc. 2015 Mar 8
 Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 HIV prevalence and related risk behaviours among female partners of male injecting drugs users in Iran: results of a bio-behavioural survey, 2010
 Alipour A, Haghdoost AA, Sajadi L, Zolala F.
 Sex Transm Infect. 2013 Sep 24.
Paper

HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in women with illegal social behavior in Isfahan, Iran.
Kassaian N, Ataei B, Yaran M,  et al
Adv Biomed Res. 2012;1:5.
Abstract

HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Its Association With Socioeconomic Status Among Women: Results of Lebanese Survey for Family Health (PAPFAM) 2004.
Kobeissi L, El Kak FH, Khawaja M, Khoshnood K. 
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2011 Dec 20.
Abstract

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters  
 
  A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
 Being a woman and living with HIV in Arab-Muslim country
F. Razik, A. Tadjeddine, D. Ouabdesselam, et al
 (XX International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
HIV Risks and Vulnerability of Migrant Women in Asia and Arab States
 Brahm Press
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Poster Presentation
North America: Canada  Pregnancy Citations
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

Recruitment of HIV-Positive Women in Research: Discussing Barriers, Facilitators, and Research Personnel’s Knowledge.
 Loutfy MR, V LK, Mohammed S, et al
Open AIDS J. 2014 Dec 19;8:58-65.
Abstract

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Increasing the Meaningful Involvement of Women Living With HIV/AIDS (MIWA) in the Design and Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services.
Carter A, Greene S, Nicholson V, et al
Health Care Women Int. 2014 Sep 25:
 Abstract

Demographic and clinical factors correlating with high levels of psychological distress in HIV-positive women living in Ontario, Canada.
Benoit AC, Light L, Burchell AN,  
AIDS Care. 2014 Jun;26(6):694-701
 Abstract

A grounded theory of social participation among older women living with HIV.
 Siemon JS, Blenkhorn L, Wilkins S, O’Brien KK, Solomon PE.
Can J Occup Ther. 2013 Oct;80(4):241-50
 Abstract

Retention in psychiatric treatment in a Canadian sample of HIV-positive women.
 Sloan EP. 
AIDS Care. 2013 Dec 24.
 Abstract

Demographic and clinical factors correlating with high levels of psychological distress in HIV-positive women living in Ontario, Canada.
 Benoit AC, Light L, Burchell AN,  et al 
AIDS Care. 2013 Nov 12.
Abstract

Socio-demographic determinants of familial and partner pressures to conceive in hiv-positive women in Ontario, Canada.
 Mehta S. 
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013 Oct 1;67(10):e2.
 Abstract

Trauma and Cultural Safety: Providing Quality Care to HIV-Infected Women of Aboriginal Descent.
 McCall J, Lauridsen-Hoegh P.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2013 Sep 3.
 Abstract

Self-Reported Preconception Care of HIV-Positive Women of Reproductive Potential: A Retrospective Study.
 Loutfy MR, Blitz S, Zhang Y,  et al 
J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2013 Aug 5.
Abstract

Judgements regarding the acceptability of childbearing and parental fitness made towards women living with HIV.
 Lawson KL, Bayly M, Cey E. 
AIDS Care. 2012 Dec 7.
 Abstract

Women’s Health Care Utilization among Harder-to-Reach HIV-Infected Women ever on Antiretroviral Therapy in British Columbia
 Wang X, Salters KA, Zhang W,  et al
AIDS Res Treat. 2012;2012:560361
 Abstract

Canadian HIV Pregnancy Planning Guidelines: No. 278,
Canadian HIV Pregnancy Planning Guideline
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Disclosure experience in a convenience sample of Quebec-born women living with HIV:
a phenomenological study.
 Rouleau G, Côté J, Cara C.  et al
BMC Womens Health. 2012 Oct 18;12(1):37
 Paper

A review of reproductive health research, guidelines and related gaps for women living with HIV.
Loutfy MR, Sonnenberg-Schwan U,  et al
AIDS Care. 2012 Oct 23
 Abstract

Opportunities, Ethical Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Working with Peer Research Assistants in a Multi-method HIV Community-Based Research Study in Ontario, Canada.
[No authors listed] 
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2012 Oct;7(4):10-9.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 HIV, Gender, Race, Sexual Orientation, and Sex Work: A Qualitative Study of Intersectional Stigma Experienced by HIV-Positive Women in Ontario, Canada.
Logie CH, James L, Tharao W, Loutfy MR.
 PLoS Med. 2011 Nov;8(11):e1001124.|
 Paper

Correlates of HIV stigma in HIV-positive women.
Wagner AC, Hart TA, Mohammed S, et al
Arch Womens Ment Health. 2010 Apr 7.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Fertility Desires and Intentions of HIV-Positive Women of Reproductive Age in Ontario, Canada:
A Cross-Sectional Study
Loutfy MR, Hart TA , Mohammed SS, et al
PLOS One 07 Dec 2009
 Paper

Congenital Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Cytomegalovirus, and Toxoplasmosis in a Premature Infant.
Tan DH, Asztalos E, Douglas D,et al |
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Sep 24
Abstract

Piloting a Peer-Driven Intervention Model to Increase Access and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and HIV Care among Street-Entrenched HIV-Positive Women
in Vancouver.
Deering KN, Shannon K, Sinclair H, et al
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2009 Jul 10.
 Abstract

HIV prevention risks for Black women in Canada.
 Williams CC, Newman PA, Sakamoto I, Massaquoi NA.
Soc Sci Med. 2008 Oct 24.
 Abstract
 
Assessment of the decision support needs of women from HIV endemic countries regarding voluntary HIV testing in Canada.
Mitra D, Jacobsen MJ, O’connor A, et al 
Patient Educ Couns. 2006 Jul 26;
Abstract
 
Access and Utilization of HIV Treatment and Services Among Women Sex Workers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
 Shannon K, Bright V, Duddy J, Tyndall MW.
J Urban Health. 2005 Jun 8;
 Abstract

Women and HIV.
Gatali M, Archibald C.
BMC Womens Health. 2004 Aug 25;4 Suppl 1:S27
 Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters  
 
 
Relationship status and ART use are predictors of unprotected sex among a sample of harder-to-reach women living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada
 K. Salters, K. Chan, A. Cescon,  et al
 (7th IAS Conference)
 Abstract

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
 Antiretroviral adherence among highly marginalized women: early results of a peer-driven intervention modelin Vancouver, Canada
 K Deering
(|XVII International AIDS Conference)
Presentation

Bridging psychosocial and biomedical HIV treatment information for women living with HIV in Tanzania, Zambia, and Canada
 Smith P.
(4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract
Russia/New Independent States Pregnancy Citations
     
Georgia
 
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Characteristics of HIV-infected women and factors associated with HCV seropositivity in the Republic of Georgia.
Chkhartishvili N, McNutt LA, Smith PF, Tsertsvadze T. 
AIDS Res Ther. 2011 Jul 25;8(1):25.
 Paper

Russia
 

     Internet Reports

 
FULL-TEXT REPORT
Russia: Mothers With HIV and Their Children Face Stigma and Discrimination
 Human Rights Watch 
July 15, 2005
 Paper
 
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Potential Bridges of Heterosexual HIV Transmission from Drug Users to the General Population in St. Petersburg, Russia: Is it Easy to be a Young Female?
 Toussova O, Shcherbakova I, Volkova G, et al.
 J Urban Health. 2009 Jun 16
 Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Russia: HIV positive women and their children face stigma and discrimination in violation of their human rights
Bencomo C., Babakian G., Denber R., Whitman L.
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
Ukraine
 
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cervical Screening within HIV Care: Findings from an HIV-Positive Cohort in Ukraine.
Bailey H, Thorne C, Semenenko I, Malyuta R, et al
 PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e34706.
Paper

Factors associated with abandonment of infants born to HIV-positive women: results from a Ukrainian birth cohort.
Bailey H, Semenenko I, Pilipenko T,  et al
AIDS Care. 2010 Sep 6:1-10
 Abstract

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