Wendee Mara Wechsberg

Identifying Barriers and Facilitators of Implementing a Sexual and Relationship Health Intervention within the Child Welfare System: A Mixed Methods Study

Brasileiro, J., Widman, L., Norwalk, K. E., Desmarais, S. L., Wechsberg, W. M., Seebaluck, K. D., & Go, V. F. (2025, February 15). JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH, Vol. 2.

Perceptions of perinatal alcohol use and treatment needs in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY, 15.

Binge drinking and condom negotiation behaviours among adolescent girls and young women living in Cape Town, South Africa: sexual control and perceived personal power

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 23(1).

Condom Use at Last Sex and Sexual Negotiation Among Young African American Women in North Carolina: Context or Personal Agency

Osakwe, C. E. E., Drift, I., Opper, C. A. A., Zule, W. A. A., Browne, F. A. A., & Wechsberg, W. M. M. (2023, July 26). JOURNAL OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES.

HIV-related risk among justice-involved young African American women in the US South

HEALTH & JUSTICE, 11(1).

Relationship Between Criminal and Status Offense Behaviors, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Cape Town, South Africa

Carney, T., Myers, B., Browne, F. A., Kline, T., Bonner, C. P., Ndirangu, J., & Wechsberg, W. M. (2023, August 28). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION.

'We have goals but [it is difficult]'. Barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence among women using alcohol and other drugs living with HIV in South Africa

Ndirangu, J. W., Gichane, M. W., Browne, F. A., Bonner, C. P., Zule, W. A., Cox, E. N., … Wechsberg, W. M. (2022, January 21). HEALTH EXPECTATIONS.

A Scoping Review of Computer-Based and Telecommunication Technology Interventions to Address Drug and Alcohol Misuse and Smoking in Women

Washio, Y., Hayashi, Y., Atreyapurapu, S., Chang, K., Ma, T., Howard, B. N., … Wechsberg, W. M. (2022, May 12). SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE.

Alcohol, drug use, and sexual risk among young African American women in North Carolina: is educational attainment protective?

Browne, F. A., Bonner, C. P., Kline, T. L., Cox, E. N., Gichane, M. W., & Wechsberg, W. M. (2022, June 24). VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUTH STUDIES.

An Evidence-Based HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention for Young African American Women in the US South Using mHealth: Adaptation and Development Study

JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH, 6(5).

Gender Dynamics in Substance Use and Treatment: A Women's Focused Approach

MEDICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA, 106(1), 219–234.

Gender and Context Matter: Behavioral and Structural Interventions for People Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs in Africa

[Review of ]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 19(14).

Social Determinants of Alcohol and Other Drug Misuse Among Women Living with HIV in Economically Underserved Communities in Cape Town, South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study

Browne, F. A., Gichane, M. W., Shangase, N., Ndirangu, J., Bonner, C. P., & Wechsberg, W. M. (2022, November 7). AIDS AND BEHAVIOR.

Stigma in the health clinic and implications for PrEP access and use by adolescent girls and young women: conflicting perspectives in South Africa

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 22(1).

"Because all mothers is not the same": The development and implementation of an in loco parentis informed consent procedure to enroll adolescent girls and young women to participate in HIV research

JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE, 93(1), 234–244.

Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence and Prenatal Alcohol Use among Women Who Are Pregnant with HIV in South Africa

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 18(14).

Current Interventions for People Living with HIV Who Use Alcohol: Why Gender Matters

Wechsberg, W. M., Browne, F. A., Bonner, C. P., Washio, Y., Howard, B. N., & Drift, I. (2021, June 10). CURRENT HIV/AIDS REPORTS.

Outcomes of Implementing in the Real World the Women's Health CoOp Intervention in Cape Town, South Africa

AIDS AND BEHAVIOR, 25(SUPPL 3), 276–289.

Substance use and depressive and anxiety symptoms among out-of-school adolescent girls and young women in Cape Town, South Africa

SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 111(1), 40–45.

Sustainability of a gender-focused HIV and alcohol risk-reduction intervention in usual care settings in South Africa: a mixed methods analysis

Gichane, M. W., Wechsberg, W. M., Ndirangu, J., Howard, B., Bonner, C. P., Browne, F. A., & Zule, W. A. (2021, August 17). AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV.

The Association of Recurrent and Multiple Types of Abuse with Adverse Mental Health, Substance Use, and Sexual Health Outcomes among Out-of-School Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Cape Town, South Africa

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 18(21).

Cannabis use and breastfeeding: do we know enough?

Williams, P. P., Washio, Y., Myers, B., Jaspan, H., Browne, F. A., Wechsberg, W. M., & Parry, C. (2020, March). SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 50, pp. 7–10.

Implementation science outcomes of a gender-focused HIV and alcohol risk-reduction intervention in usual-care settings in South Africa

DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, 215.

Individual and Relationship Predictors of Couple-Level Sexual Concurrency in Heterosexual South African Couples

ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, 49(3), 999–1015.

Measuring relationship functioning in South African couples: a strategy for improving HIV prevention efforts

SEXUAL AND RELATIONSHIP THERAPY, 35(1), 2–14.

Service providers' perceptions of barriers to the implementation of trauma-focused substance use services for women in Cape Town, South Africa

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 75.

The PrEPARE Pretoria Project: protocol for a cluster-randomized factorial-design trial to prevent HIV with PrEP among adolescent girls and young women in Tshwane, South Africa

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 20(1).

A trauma-informed substance use and sexual risk reduction intervention for young South African women: a mixed-methods feasibility study

BMJ OPEN, 9(2).

Addressing the nexus of risk: Biobehavioral outcomes from a cluster randomized trial of the Women's Health CoOp Plus in Pretoria, South Africa

DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, 195, 16–26.

Adolescent female school dropouts who use drugs and engage in risky sex: effects of a brief pilot intervention in Cape Town, South Africa

AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV, 31(1), 77–84.

Exploring the associations between physical and sexual gender-based violence and HIV among women who use substances in South Africa: the role of agency and alcohol

AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV, 31(11), 1369–1375.

Research on women with substance use disorders: Reviewing progress and developing a research and implementation roadmap

[Review of ]. DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, 197, 158–163.

A Model of Heterosexual Adaptive Relationship Functioning in South Africa: Implications for HIV Prevention Interventions

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEXUAL HEALTH, 30(4), 398–411.

Changing sex risk behaviors, gender norms, and relationship dynamics among couples in Cape Town, South Africa: Efficacy of an intervention on the dyad

SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 209, 95–103.

Condom Use, Multiple Rounds of Sex, and Alcohol Use Among South African Women Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs: An Event-Level Analysis

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, 45(12), 786–790.

Development of a trauma-informed substance use and sexual risk reduction intervention for young South African women

PATIENT PREFERENCE AND ADHERENCE, 12, 1997–2006.

The Young Women's Health CoOp in Cape Town, South Africa: Study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial for adolescent women at risk for HIV

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 18.

Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence

BMC WOMENS HEALTH, 17.

An implementation science protocol of the Women's Health CoOp in healthcare settings in Cape Town, South Africa: A stepped-wedge design

BMC WOMENS HEALTH, 17.

Efficacy of the Young Women's CoOp: An HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention for Substance-Using African-American Female Adolescents in the South

JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE, 26(3), 205–218.

HIV Prevention Among Women Who Use Substances And Report Sex Work: Risk Groups Identified Among South African Women

AIDS AND BEHAVIOR, 21(2), S155–S166.

Seek, test, treat: substance-using women in the HIV treatment cascade in South Africa

ADDICTION SCIENCE & CLINICAL PRACTICE, 12.

"Not on the agenda": A qualitative study of influences on health services use among poor young women who use drugs in Cape Town, South Africa

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 30, 52–58.

Seek, Test and Disclose: knowledge of HIV testing and serostatus among high-risk couples in a South African township

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 92(1), 5–11.

The male factor: Outcomes from a cluster randomized field experiment with a couples-based HIV prevention intervention in a South African township

DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, 161, 307–315.

Adapting an evidence-based HIV behavioral intervention for South African couples

SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PREVENTION AND POLICY, 10.

Correlates of Lifetime Trauma Exposure Among Pregnant Women from Cape Town, South Africa

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION, 13(3), 307–321.

Experiences of Violence and Association with Decreased Drug Abstinence Among Women in Cape Town, South Africa

AIDS AND BEHAVIOR, 19(1), 192–198.

Gender-Specific HIV Prevention Interventions for Women Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs: The Evolution of the Science and Future Directions

JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES, 69, S128–S139.

Contextualizing gender differences and methamphetamine use with HIV prevalence within a South African community

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 25(3), 583–590.

Perceived need for substance use treatment among young women from disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa

BMC PSYCHIATRY, 14.

A brief intervention for drug use, sexual risk behaviours and violence prevention with vulnerable women in South Africa: a randomised trial of the Women's Health CoOp

BMJ OPEN, 3(5).

Ethnic differences in alcohol and drug use and related sexual risks for HIV among vulnerable women in Cape Town, South Africa: implications for interventions

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 13.