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Alcohol use and sexual behaviour among risky drinkers and bar and shebeen patrons in Gauteng province, South Africa

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There is a need for multi-faceted HIV intervention strategies for reducing levels of alcohol abuse in general, and enhancing protective sexual behaviours among alcohol-using populations, as well as a conceptual model of the association between alcohol use and risky sexual behaviour.
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This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 2006-01-01. It has received 299 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sexual abuse & Alcohol abuse.

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Alcohol Use and Sexual Risks for HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic Review of Empirical Findings

TL;DR: Research conducted in southern Africa confirms an association between alcohol use and sexual risks for HIV, and sexual risk reduction interventions should be targeted to alcohol serving establishments.

What Works to Prevent Partner Violence? An Evidence Overview.

Lori Heise
TL;DR: Heise as discussed by the authors reviewed the empirical evidence of what works in low and middle-income countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands and other male partners, focusing on prevention programmes rather than responses or services, and on research-based evaluations rather than insights from practice.
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Revisiting the understanding of "transactional sex" in sub-Saharan Africa: A review and synthesis of the literature.

TL;DR: A historically-grounded, comprehensive literature review on the nature and motivations for women's participation in transactional sex in sub-Saharan Africa is contributed and it is suggested that there are three continua stretching across these paradigms: deprivation, agency, and instrumentality.
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The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

TL;DR: This article seeks to make theorists and researchers aware of the importance of not using the terms moderator and mediator interchangeably by carefully elaborating the many ways in which moderators and mediators differ, and delineates the conceptual and strategic implications of making use of such distinctions with regard to a wide range of phenomena.

Nelson Mandela / HSRC study of HIV/AIDS. South African national HIV prevalence behavioural risks and mass media. Household survey 2002.

TL;DR: The pioneering study presented in this report – the first systematically sampled nationwide community-based survey of the prevalence of HIV in South Africa – assumes great importance because its findings open three windows of opportunity for concerted interventions inSouth Africa.
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Migrancy, masculine identities and AIDS: the psychosocial context of HIV transmission on the South African gold mines

TL;DR: The paper examines the way in which the construction of masculine identities renders miners particularly vulnerable to HIV, and the implications of these findings for HIV educational interventions are discussed.
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