Category Archives: Epidemiology and Determinants of Health

Social and structural determinants of health influencing HIV risk and participation across the HIV care cascade

2025

Key take-home messages

Transitioning to adult HIV care: Challenges and evidence-based practices

2025

Key take-home messages

Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (2SGBTQ) men’s suicidality in Canada: A scoping review

2025

Suicide is a leading cause of death in Canada, with men being three times more likely to die from suicide compared with the rest of the population. Among Canadian men,...

Adolescents’ sexual health during the COVID-19 outbreak: A systematic review

2025

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly disrupted adolescents’ access to sexual health services, resulting in a decline in their overall sexual well-being. This systematic review explored adolescent sexual...

Effectiveness of digital health interventions in promoting the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care continuum among men who have sex with men (MSM): A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

2025

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Digital health interventions have demonstrated great potential to advance HIV prevention and care. However, their effectiveness in improving the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care continuum has not yet...

A systematic literature review on pre-exposure prophylaxis as a strategy for HIV risk reduction in the Middle East

2025

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has emerged as a crucial tool in HIV prevention globally, yet its implementation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces unique challenges. PrEP is...

What has been studied about attitudes and social stigma towards HIV/AIDS? A global bibliometric study with correlations on global health HIV-related indicators

2025

Introduction: This study aimed to assess, through health metrics and bibliometric analysis, the global research on attitudes and social stigma of people living with HIV/AIDS and to identify research findings,...

Prevalence and risk factors of anemia among people living with HIV/AIDS in Southeast Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Background & objectives Anemia represents a critical hematological complication among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), significantly impacting morbidity and mortality. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to comprehensively evaluate anemia...

The impact of homelessness and housing insecurity on HIV

2025

Homelessness is a global problem with wide-ranging causes and contexts. People experiencing homelessness and unstable housing (HUH) are disproportionately affected by HIV and face worse treatment outcomes than those with...

Health service utilization of Black immigrant women residing in the United States: A systematic review

2024

Black immigrants constitute a rapidly growing population group in the U.S. A comprehensive understanding of health services used by Black immigrant women is necessary to support the complex needs of...

Technology-assisted interventions in the delivery of HIV prevention, care, and treatment services in sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping review

2025

BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for up to 67% of the global HIV burden yet grapples with health system challenges like distant health facilities, low doctor-to-patient ratio, and poor or...

Experiences and perceptions on antiretroviral therapy adherence and non-adherence: A scoping review of young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

2025

BACKGROUND: Young people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) shoulder a disproportionate burden of global HIV. We conducted a scoping review to map the research on the experiences and perceptions of young...

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