255 Seth C. Kalichman, Chauncey Cherry, Moira O. Kalichman, Mary Crawford, Demetria Cain, Psy- chology Department, University of Connecticut; Leickness C. Simbayi, Allanise Cloete, Anna Strebel, Numvo Henda, Cape Town Human Services Council; Tammy Shefer, University of Western Cape; Mokgethi Tshabalala, EngenderHealth Johannesburg. National Institute of Mental Health Grant R01-MH MH071160 supported this research. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Seth C. Kalichman, University of Con- necticut, Psychology Department, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269. Electronic mail: seth.k@uconn.edu International Journal of Men’s Health, Vol. 7, No. 3, Fall 2008, 255-273. © 2008 by the Men’s Studies Press, LLC. http://www.mensstudies.com. All rights reserved. jmh.0703.255/$12.00 DOI: 10.3149/jmh.0703.255 HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction and Domestic Violence Prevention Intervention for South African Men Seth C. Kalichman a Leickness C. Simbayi b Allanise Cloete b Chauncey Cherry a Anna Strebel b Moira O. Kalichman a Tammy Shefer c Mary Crawford a Mokgethi Thabalala d Numvo Henda b Demetria Cain a a University of Connecticut b Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town c University of the Western Cape d EngenderHealth, Johannesburg South Africa has among the worst HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world, and HIV/AIDS is closely associated with adversarial attitudes toward women and with domestic violence. This article reports the development of a social-cognitive and social-constructionist, gender-based intervention for working with HIV/AIDS pa- tients and preventing domestic violence. Five three-hour group sessions were tai- lored to and targeted African men. They included elements of reframing gender relations and teaching skills to reduce HIV risk and change social norms. The in- tervention was also network-based. Group members were recruited by former group members using techniques derived from respondent driven sampling and network-based HIV prevention efforts. A test of the intervention with 99 men liv- ing in a Cape Town township demonstrated its feasibility and provided evidence that it increased knowledge about AIDS, improved understanding of stigma asso-