Document 1106
 DOCN  M9591106
 TI    Transforming aids prevention to meet women's needs: a focus on
       developing countries.
 DT    9509
 AU    Heise LL; Elias C; Violence, Sexuality and Health Rights Program,
       Pacific Institute; for Women's Health, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
 SO    Soc Sci Med. 1995 Apr;40(7):931-43. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95312901
 AB    As currently conceived, the global AIDS prevention strategy consists
       primarily of three interrelated tactics: (1) encouraging people to
       reduce their number of sexual partners; (2) promoting the widespread use
       of condoms; and (3) treating concurrent STDs in populations at risk of
       HIV. This three-pronged attack, however, is inadequate for meeting the
       protection needs of many of the world's women. Disproportionately poor
       and with little power to negotiate the terms of sexual encounters, women
       often cannot avail themselves of these life-saving strategies. Women
       need both a new commitment to addressing the underlying inequities that
       heighten their risk, and new technologies that provide them with a means
       of HIV protection within their personal control. This article makes the
       case for restructuring AIDS prevention by describing the growing risk of
       HIV infection faced by women throughout the world, examining the serious
       limitations of the contemporary AIDS prevention strategy in meeting
       women's needs, and exploring how new approaches--including a shift
       toward a more 'community organizing' approach to AIDS prevention--could
       help women exert more control over their sexual and reproductive lives.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/  TRANSMISSION
       Condoms  *Developing Countries  Female  Gender Identity  Health
       Education/*TRENDS  Human  Internal-External Control  Sexual Partners
       Women's Health Services/*TRENDS  Women's Rights/TRENDS  JOURNAL ARTICLE
       REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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