ReviewAmerican journal of public health2010
Rethinking gender, heterosexual men, and women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
Review in American journal of public health, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 165 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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165 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Assessing the role of masculinity in the transmission of HIV: a systematic review to inform HIV risk reduction counseling interventions for men who have sex with men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2015Pooled it
- A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the Sexual Relationship Power Scale in HIV/AIDS research.Archives of sexual behavior · 2015Pooled it
- Chlamydia prevalence in the general population: is there a sex difference? a systematic review.BMC infectious diseases · 2013Pooled it
- Male involvement for increasing the effectiveness of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programmes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Women's sexual scripting in the context of universal access to antiretroviral treatment-findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in South Africa.BMC women's health · 2021Trial
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- Perspectives of US women participating in a candidate PrEP study: adherence, acceptability and future use intentions.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Trial
- Why Did I Stop? Barriers and Facilitators to Uptake and Adherence to ART in Option B+ HIV Care in Lilongwe, Malawi.PloS one · 2016Trial
- Strategies to uncover undiagnosed HIV infection among heterosexuals at high risk and link them to HIV care with high retention: a "seek, test, treat, and retain" study.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Couple-based HIV counseling and testing: a risk reduction intervention for US drug-involved women and their primary male partners.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2015Trial
- Evaluation of a peer network-based sexual risk reduction intervention for men in beer halls in Zimbabwe: results from a randomized controlled trial.AIDS and behavior · 2011Trial
- Vaginal microbiomes and their pertinent social context: a microbial ecological review proffering AMR-STI acquisition and emergence.Biology of sex differences · 2026Review
- HIV/STI Prevention Strategies During COVID-19 Among PrEP-Eligible Cisgender Women in New York State: A Qualitative Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Ain't I A Woman: Bridging Womanist Theory and HIV Implementation Science.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2026Review
- Barriers to and Facilitators of Heterosexual Men's Engagement with the PrEP Care Continuum in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- 'When they force a woman, it's to save her life': Gendered vulnerability and contraceptive coercion.Journal of critical public health · 2025Article
- Under the Radar: Immune Evasion, Pathogenesis and Control of HIV Infection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Transactional sex and associated factors among young women in a tertiary institution in Northern Ghana: evidence from a cross-sectional survey.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Comparing Socio-Demographics and HIV Testing and Prevention Outcomes Between Low-Income HIV-Negative Heterosexually Active Black Women and Men with Health Insurance.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Reconfiguring Vulnerability and Dis/Ability: An Agential Realist Exploration to Disentangle Vulnerability Effects in Austria's COVID-19 Response.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
105 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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3 authors.
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Abstract
Most HIV prevention literature portrays women as especially vulnerable to HIV infection because of biological susceptibility and men's sexual power and privilege. Conversely, heterosexual men are perceived as active transmitters of HIV but not active agents in prevention. Although the women's vulnerability paradigm was a radical revision of earlier views of women in the epidemic, mounting challenges undermine its current usefulness. We review the etiology and successes of the paradigm as well as its accruing limitations. We also call for an expanded model that acknowledges biology, gender inequality, and gendered power relations but also directly examines social structure, gender, and HIV risk for heterosexual women and men.
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