Category Archives: Employment

Socioeconomic status and HIV vaccine preparedness studies in North America

2015

Educational level, employment, and income are key components of socioeconomic status (SES). This article is a systematic review of SES variables in North American countries, and their relationship to willingness...

Hispanics/Latinos and the HIV continuum of care in the Southern USA: A qualitative review of the literature, 2002-2013

2014

Hispanics/Latinos are disproportionately affected by HIV infection, but access HIV care less often than non-Hispanic whites in the USA. The majority of new HIV diagnoses among Hispanics/Latinos occur in the...

Risk factors of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in China: A systematic review of reviews

2015

BACKGROUND: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are a global challenge. China, once said to have eradicated STIs, is now facing a rapid rise in the prevalence of HIV/STIs. This review of...

Equity in utilization of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected people in South Africa: A systematic review

2014

INTRODUCTION: About half a million people in South Africa are deprived of antiretroviral therapy (ART), and there is little systematic knowledge on who they are – e.g. by severity of...

HIV among female sex workers in the Central Asian Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia: Contexts and convergence with drug use

2013

BACKGROUND: Central Asia is culturally and demographically diverse, both between and within its respective countries. That diversity is represented in the range of individual, network, community, and structural risks for...

HIV/AIDS and mental health research in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

2011

The relationship between mental illness and HIV/AIDS is complex and bidirectional. A significant amount of research has been performed in high-income countries but less is known about HIV and mental...

Labor migration and HIV risk: A systematic review of the literature

2012

To inform the development of multilevel strategies for addressing HIV risk among labor migrants, 97 articles from the health and social science literatures were systematically reviewed. The study locations were...

What palliative care-related problems do patients experience at HIV diagnosis? A systematic review of the evidence

2011

CONTEXT: Palliative care is an essential element of HIV care throughout the disease trajectory, but there is a lack of information to guide clinical care at HIV diagnosis. OBJECTIVES: This...

How does the mining industry contribute to sexual and reproductive health in developing countries? A narrative synthesis of current evidence to inform practice

2013

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To explore client and provider experiences and related health outcomes of sexual and reproductive health interventions that have been led by or that have involved mining companies....

Systematic review and meta-analysis of HIV prevalence among men in militaries in low income and middle income countries

2014

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the current HIV prevalence in militaries of low-income and middle-income countries is higher, the same, or lower than the HIV prevalence in the adult male population...

Livelihood security and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in low and middle income settings: A systematic review

2011

INTRODUCTION: We sought to examine the association between livelihood security and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ARVs) in low- and middle-income countries (LIMC). METHODS: Performing a systematic review, we searched, independently...

A review of the literature on event-level substance use and sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men

2012

In the United States, there continues to be high incidence of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM), who represent 57% of new infections in 2009. While...

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