title: Women, sex, and HIV: social and contextual factors, meta-analysis of published interventions, and implications for practice and research.
abstract: This article is focused on examining social and contextual factors related to HIV-risk behavior for women. Specifically, this article has three main purposes: to review the literature on selected social and contextual factors that contribute to the risk for the heterosexual transmission of HIV and AIDS, to review and conduct a meta-analysis of HIV-prevention interventions targeting adult heterosexual populations, and to suggest future directions for HIV-prevention intervention research and practice. Results suggest that the HIV-prevention interventions reviewed for this article had little impact on sexual risk behavior, that social and contextual factors are often minimally addressed, and that there was a large gap between research and the practice of HIV-prevention intervention.
authors.affiliation: U Kentucky.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.affiliation: U Kentucky.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.affiliation: U Kentucky.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leukefeld
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000635:transmission*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors