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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-