Browsing by Author "Myers, Bronwyn"
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Adapting an evidence-based HIV behavioral intervention for South African couples
Wechsberg, Wendee M; El-Bassel, Nabila; Carney, Tara; Browne, Felicia A; Myers, Bronwyn; Zule, William A (BioMed Central, 2015)Background: In South Africa, heterosexual couples are at risk for HIV infection and transmission through substance use, gender-based violence and traditional gender roles, and sex risk behaviors such as having multiple ... -
A brief intervention for drug use, sexual risk behaviours and violence prevention with vulnerable women in South Africa: a randomised trial of the Women’s Health CoOp
Wechsberg, Wendee M; Jewkes, Rachel; Novak, Scott P; Kline, Tracy; Myers, Bronwyn; Browne, Felicia A.; Carney, Tara; Morgan Lopez, Antonio A; Parry, Charles (BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)Objective: To assess the impact of the Women's Health CoOp (WHC) on drug abstinence among vulnerable women having HIV counselling and testing (HCT). Design: Randomised trial conducted with multiple follow-ups. Setting: 15 ... -
Ethnic differences in alcohol and drug use and related sexual risks for HIV among vulnerable women in Cape Town, South Africa: implications for interventions
Myers, Bronwyn; Kline, Tracy L; Browne, Felicia A.; Carney, Tara; Parry, Charles; Johnson, Kim; Wechsberg, Wendee M (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use among poor Black African and Coloured women in South Africa compounds their sexual risk for HIV. Given South Africa’s history of ethnic disparities, ethnic differences in sex ... -
Implementation of Cognitive-Behavioral Substance Abuse Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Treatment Engagement and Abstinence at Treatment Exit
Gouse, Hetta; Magidson, Jessica F.; Burnhams, Warren; Remmert, Jocelyn E.; Myers, Bronwyn; Joska, John A.; Carrico, Adam W. (Public Library of Science, 2016)Aims This study documented the treatment cascade for engagement in care and abstinence at treatment exit as well as examined correlates of these outcomes for the first certified Matrix Model® substance abuse treatment site ...