Reviewer’s report
Title: 
Women’s sexual scripting in the context of universal access to
antiretroviral treatment – findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in South
Africa
Version: 
0 
Date: 
26 May 2021
Reviewer: 
Teresita Rocha-Jimenez
Reviewer's report:
Abstract
Methods
For the last two sentences, put the numbers in digits and include the percentages
(out of all participants) for each number.
Results
Move the last sentence to right after the first sentence.
Add one sentence about the disjunction.
Conclusions (the word conclusion is twice in the abstract)
Add suggestions from the findings (i.e. the framing of UTT as promoting
relationship well-being and interventions targeted at couples)
Introduction
For the second paragraph, shorten the part about the history and development of
HIV prevention strategies OR move it down to the women, sex, and HIV
prevention section and merge with the first paragraph about different
frameworks of HIV research.
Define UTT in depth.
Methods
On pg. 9, the last paragraph is redundant with the second paragraph. Delete one
of them.
On pg. 10, the last sentence of the third paragraph is redundant with the first.
Delete the last sentence.
In the third paragraph on pg. 10, put Arm C in parenthesis after "13 in control
communities".
"However, very few (<10) selected to do so and conversations were in person
with researchers" (it is written twice). 
Findings
Highlight gender roles more.
Some findings seem to spillover from the intrapsychic to the other two spheres.
Briefly mention the possible interactions between these three spheres. 
Add more examples under the sex as about relationships section.
Within the points of disjunction in intrapsychic scripts section, highlight the
three ways of managing confrontations with possible HIV exposure outlined in
the second paragraph of the discussion.
Discussion
Merge the first paragraph on pg. 26 with the second sentence in the last
paragraph on pg. 25.
Include limitations of the study.
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