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Global/Multinational     Pregnancy Citations
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Barriers to access to care reported by women living with HIV across 27 countries.
Johnson M, Samarina A, Xi H, Valdez Ramalho Madruga J, et al
AIDS Care. 2015 Jul 14:1-11.
Abstract

Epidemiology of HIV Infection in Women and Children: A Global Perspective.
Shetty AK.
Curr HIV Res. 2013 Feb 21
Abstract


Australia/Pacific Islands   Pregnancy Citations
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Experiences of African women who migrate to a developed country and encounter domestic violence: a systematic review protocol of qualitative evidence.
Ogunsiji O, Foster J, Wilkes L.
JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2016 Dec;14(12):92-9
Abstract

HIV Stigma and Discrimination in Medical Settings: Stories From African Women in New Zealand.
Cannon Poindexter C.
Soc Work Health Care. 2013 Sep;52(8):704-27
Abstract

"I don't blame that guy that gave it to me": Contested discourses of victimisation and culpability in the narratives of heterosexual women infected with HIV.
Persson A.
AIDS Care
. 2013 Jun 27
Abstract


Middle East  Pregnancy Citations
     

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Living Day by Day: The Meaning of Living With HIV/AIDS Among Women in Lebanon.
Kaplan RL, Khoury CE, Field ERS, Mokhbat J.

Glob Qual Nurs Res
. 2016 May 22;3:2333393616650082.
Abstract

I Can't Go Out": Mobility Obstacles to Women's Access to HIV Treatment in KPK, Pakistan.
Saeed A, Farooq S.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
. 2017 Apr 5.
Abstract

Attitudes Toward Restricting the Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women Living with HIV Infection in Yemen.
Badahdah AM.

J Assoc Nurses A
IDS Care
. 2015 Nov 6.
Abstract

Plasma Micronutrient Concentrations Are Altered by Antiretroviral Therapy and Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements in Lactating HIV-Infected Malawian Women.
Flax VL, Adair LS, Allen LH, et al

J Nutr
. 2015 Jul 8.
Abstract

Women and HIV: the urgent need for more research and policy attention in the Middle East and North Africa region.
DeJong J, Battistin F.
J Int AIDS Soc
. 2015 Mar 8
Abstract

The Lived Experience of Domestic Violence in Iranian HIV-Infected Women.
Mohammadi N, Kochak HE, Gharacheh M.
Glob J Health Sci. 2015 Feb 24;7(5):41347
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV prevalence and related risk behaviours among female partners of male injecting drugs users in Iran: results of a bio-behavioural survey, 2010
Alipour A, Haghdoost AA, Sajadi L, Zolala F.
Sex Transm Infect. 2013 Sep 24.
Paper

HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in women with illegal social behavior in Isfahan, Iran.
Kassaian N, Ataei B, Yaran M,  et al
Adv Biomed
Res
. 2012;1:5.
Abstract

HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Its Association With Socioeconomic Status Among Women: Results of Lebanese Survey for Family Health (PAPFAM) 2004.
Kobeissi L, El Kak FH, Khawaja M, Khoshnood K.

Asia Pac J Public Health
. 2011 Dec 20.
Abstract


North America: Canada  Pregnancy Citations
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

Health System Features That Enhance Access to Comprehensive Primary Care for Women Living with HIV in High-Income Settings: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review.
O'Brien N, Hong QN, Law S, Massoud S,  et al
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2018 Apr;32(4):129-148.

Abstract8

Strategies for Recruiting Women Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Community-Based Research: Lessons from Canada.Webster K, Carter A, Proulx-Boucher K, et al  
Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2018;12(1):21-34.

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8

HIV-related stigma, racial discrimination, and gender discrimination: Pathways to physical and mental health-related quality of life among a national cohort of women living with HIV.
Logie CH, Wang Y, Lacombe-Duncan A, et al
Prev Med
. 2017 Dec 22

Abstract8

Social Contexts and HIV Vulnerabilities among South Asian Women in the Greater Toronto Area: Examining Social Norms.
Hawa R, Underhill A, Logie C, Loutfy M
.
Health Care Women Int. 2017 Nov 2:0
Abstract8

A cross-sectional population-based study of breast cancer screening among women with HIV in Ontario, Canada.
Kendall CE, Walmsley S, Lau C, et al
CMAJ Open. 2017 Aug 30;5(3):E6
Abstract81

Sexual Orientation Differences in Health and Wellbeing Among Women Living with HIV in Canada: Findings from a National Cohort Study.
Logie CH, Lacombe-Duncan A, Wang Y,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2017 Apr 25.
Abstract

Engagement in and continuity of HIV care among African and Caribbean Black women living with HIV in Ontario, Canada.
Logie CH, Kennedy VL, Tharao W, Ahmed U, Loutfy MR.
Int J STD AIDS. 2016 Dec 12.
Abstract

… They should understand why … ' The knowledge, attitudes and impact of the HIV criminalisation law on a sample of HIV+ women living in Ontario.
Kapiriri L, Tharao W, Muchenje M,  et al
Glob Public Health. 2016 Dec;11(10):1231-1245.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A Structural Equation Model of HIV-Related Stigma, Racial Discrimination, Housing Insecurity and Wellbeing among African and Caribbean Black Women Living with HIV in Ontario, Canada
Logie CH, Jenkinson JI, Earnshaw V, ret al
PLoS One. 2016 Sep 26;11(9):e0162826.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Establishing the Canadian HIV Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS): Operationalizing Community-based Research in a Large National Quantitative Study.
Loutfy M, Greene S, Kennedy VL,et al|
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2016 Aug 19;
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The impact of criminalization of HIV non-disclosure on the healthcare engagement of women living with HIV in Canada: a comprehensive review of the evidence.
Patterson SE, Milloy MJ, Ogilvie G, et al
J Int AIDS Soc
. 2015 Dec 22;18(1):20572.
Paper

Recruitment of HIV-Positive Women in Research: Discussing Barriers, Facilitators, and Research Personnel's Knowledge.
Loutfy MR, V LK, Mohammed S, et al
Open AIDS J
. 2014 Dec 19;8:58-65.

Abstract

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Increasing the Meaningful Involvement of Women Living With HIV/AIDS (MIWA) in the Design and Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services.
Carter A, Greene S, Nicholson V, et al
Health Care Women
Int
. 2014 Sep 25:

Abstract

Demographic and clinical factors correlating with high levels of psychological distress in HIV-positive women living in Ontario, Canada.
Benoit AC, Light L, Burchell AN,  
AIDS Care. 2014 Jun;26(6):694-701

Abstract

A grounded theory of social participation among older women living with HIV.
Siemon JS, Blenkhorn L, Wilkins S, O'Brien KK, Solomon PE.
Can J Occup Ther
. 2013 Oct;80(4):241-50
Abstract

Retention in psychiatric treatment in a Canadian sample of HIV-positive women.
Sloan EP.
AIDS Care
. 2013 Dec 24.
Abstract

Demographic and clinical factors correlating with high levels of psychological distress in HIV-positive women living in Ontario, Canada.
Benoit AC, Light L, Burchell AN,  et al 
AIDS Care
. 2013 Nov 12.

Abstract


Socio-demographic determinants of familial and partner pressures to conceive in hiv-positive women in Ontario, Canada.
Mehta S.
J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2013 Oct 1;67(10):e2.

Abstract

Trauma and Cultural Safety: Providing Quality Care to HIV-Infected Women of Aboriginal Descent.
McCall J, Lauridsen-Hoegh P.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
. 2013 Sep 3.

Abstract

Self-Reported Preconception Care of HIV-Positive Women of Reproductive Potential: A Retrospective Study.
Loutfy MR, Blitz S, Zhang Y,  et al
J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care
. 2013 Aug 5.

Abstract

Judgements regarding the acceptability of childbearing and parental fitness made towards women living with HIV.
Lawson KL, Bayly M, Cey E.
AIDS Care
. 2012 Dec 7.
Abstract

Women's Health Care Utilization among Harder-to-Reach HIV-Infected Women ever on Antiretroviral Therapy in British Columbia
Wang X, Salters KA, Zhang W,  et al
AIDS Res Treat
. 2012;2012:560361

Abstract

Canadian HIV Pregnancy Planning Guidelines: No. 278,
Canadian HIV Pregnancy Planning Guideline
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE

Disclosure experience in a convenience sample of Quebec-born women living with HIV:
a phenomenological study.

Rouleau G, Côté J, Cara C.  et al
BMC Womens Health
. 2012 Oct 18;12(1):37
Paper

A review of reproductive health research, guidelines and related gaps for women living with HIV.
Loutfy MR, Sonnenberg-Schwan U,  et al
AIDS Care
. 2012 Oct 23
Abstract

Opportunities, Ethical Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Working with Peer Research Assistants in a Multi-method HIV Community-Based Research Study in Ontario, Canada.
[No authors listed]
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics
. 2012 Oct;7(4):10-9.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV, Gender, Race, Sexual Orientation, and Sex Work: A Qualitative Study of Intersectional Stigma Experienced by HIV-Positive Women in Ontario, Canada.
Logie CH, James L, Tharao W, Loutfy MR.
PLoS Med. 2011 Nov;8(11):e1001124.|
Paper

Correlates of HIV stigma in HIV-positive women.
Wagner AC, Hart TA, Mohammed S,
et al

Arch Womens Ment Health
. 2010 Apr 7.
Abstract


Russia/New Independent States Pregnancy Citations
     

Georgia
 
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Characteristics of HIV-infected women and factors associated with HCV seropositivity in the Republic of Georgia.
Chkhartishvili N, McNutt LA, Smith PF, Tsertsvadze T.

AIDS Res Ther
. 2011 Jul 25;8(1):25.
Paper

Russia
 

 
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Contraceptive Use Among HIV-Infected Females with History of Injection Drug Use in St. Petersburg, Russia.
West BS, Cheng DM, Toussova O, et a
 
AIDS Beha
v
. 2017 Nov 23
Abstract

Correlates of Double Risk of HIV Acquisition and Transmission Among Women who Inject Drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Girchenko P, King EJ.

AIDS Behav
. 2017 Feb 9.
Abstract

Potential Bridges of Heterosexual HIV Transmission from Drug Users to the General Population in St. Petersburg, Russia: Is it Easy to be a Young Female?
Toussova O, Shcherbakova I, Volkova G, et al.
J Urban Health. 2009 Jun 16
Abstract
 

Ukraine
 
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The effects of opioid-agonist treatments on HIV risk and social stability: A mixed methods study of women with opioid use disorder in Ukraine.
Hoff E, Marcus R, Bojko MJ,  et al

J Subst Abuse Treat
. 2017 Dec;83:
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
High prevalence of herpes simplex virus (HSV)- type 2 co-infection among HIV-positive women in Ukraine, but no increased HIV mother-to-child transmission risk.
Aebi-Popp K, Bailey H, Malyuta R, et al  
BMC Pregnancy Childbir
th
. 2016 Apr 27;
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cervical Screening within HIV Care: Findings from an HIV-Positive Cohort in Ukraine.
Bailey H, Thorne C, Semenenko I, Malyuta R, et al
PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e34706.
Paper

Factors associated with abandonment of infants born to HIV-positive women: results from a Ukrainian birth cohort.
Bailey H, Semenenko I, Pilipenko T,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2010 Sep 6:1-10
Abstract


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