title: SISTA South Africa: the adaptation of an efficacious HIV prevention trial conducted with African-American women for isiXhosa-speaking South African women.
abstract: Although new HIV treatments continue to offer hope for individuals living with HIV, behavioural interventions shown to reduce HIV risk behaviour remain one of the most powerful tools in curbing the HIV epidemic. Unfortunately, the development of evidence based HIV interventions is a resource-intensive process that has not progressed as quickly as the epidemiology of the disease. As the epidemic continues to evolve, there is a need to expedite the development of evidence-based HIV interventions for populations that are often disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS. One mechanism of accelerating the development process is to adapt evidence-based HIV interventions for vulnerable populations. The aim of this paper was to describe the adaptation process of a HIV intervention for African-American women for black South African Xhosa women. For African-American women the intervention was effective in increasing consistent condom use, sexual self-control, sexual communication, sexual assertiveness and partner adoption of norms supporting consistent condom use.
authors.affiliation: dorina.saleh@mrc.ac.za
authors.forename: Dorina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saleh-Onoya
authors.forename: Nikia D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Braxton
authors.forename: Sbusiso
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sifunda
authors.forename: Pricilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruiter
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van den Borne
authors.forename: Tiffany Pennick
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Gina M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Wingood
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups / Q000379:methods*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*