Highlights
- Men in the couples arm were less likely to report heavy drinking at 6-months.
- Men in the couples arm were more likely to report past-month consistent condom use.
- Women tested at twice the prevalence of HIV (26%) as men (13%).
- At 6-months, HIV incidence was significantly lower among women in the intervention.
- Couples-based interventions focusing on intersecting HIV risks can improve outcomes.
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By: Wechsberg WM1, Zule WA2, El-Bassel N3, Doherty IA4, Minnis AM5, Novak SD2, Myers B6, Carney T7.
- 1RTI International, 3040 East Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; Department of Psychology in the Public Interest, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States. Electronic address: wmw@rti.org.
- 2RTI International, 3040 East Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
- 3Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, United States.
- 4RTI International, 3040 East Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
- 5RTI International, 351 California Street, San Francisco, CA, United States.
- 6Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
- 7Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
- Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Apr 1;161:307-15. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.02.017. Epub 2016 Feb 18.
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