title: Greentree white paper: sexual violence, genitoanal injury, and HIV: priorities for research, policy, and practice.
abstract: The links between sexual violence, genitoanal injury, and HIV are understudied but potentially significant for understanding the epidemic's disproportionate impacts on young women and girls, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, other hyperendemic areas, and conflict-affected regions. A Scientific Research Planning Meeting was convened by the Social Science Research Council at the Greentree Foundation in New York, March 19-20, 2012, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of researchers, clinicians, and policy makers to identify knowledge needs and gaps in three key areas: (1) the role of genitoanal injury on HIV transmission, acquisition, and pathogenesis; (2) the influence of sex and age-related anatomic characteristics on HIV transmission, acquisition, and pathogenesis; and (3) the role of heterosexual anal intercourse in HIV transmission. This article reflects the consensus that emerged from the Greentree Meeting regarding priority scientific research questions in these three areas, associated data collection and measurement challenges and opportunities, and implications for policy and practice.
authors.affiliation: Social Science Research Council , Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA. klot@ssrc.org
authors.forename: Jennifer F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Klot
authors.forename: Judith D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Auerbach
authors.forename: Fulvia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Veronese
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Wira
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hope
authors.forename: Souleymane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: M'boup
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000293:injuries* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014621:Vagina / Q000293:injuries* / Q000821:virology; D055815:Young Adult