Gendered Empowerment and HIV Prevention: Policy and Programmatic Pathways to Success in the MENA Region
Gendered Empowerment and HIV Prevention: Policy and Programmatic Pathways to Success in the MENA Region
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DOI：
10.1097/qai.0b013e3181aafd78
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发表时间：
2009-07-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Kapoor, Archana
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作者：
Dworkin, Shari L.;Kambou, Sarah Degnan;Kapoor, Archana
虽然艾滋病毒目前在中东和北非的特点是血清流行率较低，但该区域存在许多可能预防或加剧这一流行病的因素。现在是大量投资于预防，特别是针对性别的预防的时候了。鉴于大多数决策者并未随着流行病的进展制定针对性别的计划，我们的研究小组利用该区域内外的专门知识，在中东和北非区域共同努力，在5个关键领域提出方案和政策建议：(1)针对性别和改变性别的艾滋病毒预防干预措施；(2)获得优质教育，提高生活技能和性教育；(3)经济赋权；（四）产权；(5)反暴力。简而言之，这项工作建立在该区域正在进行的许多努力的基础上，并阐明了性别赋权与世界各地的健康成果，特别是艾滋病毒和艾滋病之间的一些联系。
Although HIV in the Middle East and North Africa is currently characterized as a low seroprevalence epidemic, there are numerous factors that are present in the region that could prevent-or exacerbate-the epidemic. The time to invest substantially in prevention-and gender-specific prevention in particular-is now. Given that most policy makers do not make gender-specific plans as epidemics progress, our research team-which draws upon expertise from both within and outside the region-worked together to make programmatic and policy suggestions in the Middle East and North Africa region in 5 key areas: (1) gender-specific and gender transformative HIV prevention interventions; (2) access to quality education and improvements in life skills and sex education; (3) economic empowerment; (4) property rights; and (5) antiviolence. In short, this work builds upon many ongoing efforts in the region and elucidates some of the links between gendered empowerment and health outcomes around the world, particularly HIV and AIDS.