Category Archives: Determinants of Health
Decision coaching to prepare patients for making health decisions: A systematic review of decision coaching in trials of patient decision AIDS
BACKGROUND: Decision coaching is individualized, nondirective facilitation of patient preparation for shared decision making. PURPOSE: To explore characteristics and effectiveness of decision coaching evaluated within trials of patient decision aids...
HIV risk among men who have sex with men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Previous research has indicated a high prevalence of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States, and has suggested that CSA history...
Effectiveness of interventions to improve the health and housing status of homeless people: A rapid systematic review
BACKGROUND: Research on interventions to positively impact health and housing status of people who are homeless has received substantially increased attention over the past 5 years. This rapid review examines...
The effectiveness and cost implications of task-shifting in the delivery of antiretroviral therapy to HIV-infected patients: A systematic review
INTRODUCTION: Human resource shortages are a challenge to the rollout of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected patients, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Task-shifting has been recommended as an approach to reduce...
Lower HIV prevalence among Asian/Pacific Islander men who have sex with men: A critical review for possible reasons
We conducted a critical literature review for possible reasons that may explain the lower HIV prevalence observed among API MSM compared to MSM of other races/ethnicities. Trends emerging from the...
Role and outcomes of community health workers in HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
Introduction: The provision of HIV treatment and care in sub-Saharan Africa faces multiple challenges, including weak health systems and attrition of trained health workers. One potential response to overcome these...
Complementary and alternative medicine use among HIV-positive people: Research synthesis and implications for HIV care
Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is prevalent among HIV-positive individuals despite the success of antiretroviral treatments and limited evidence of CAM’s safety and efficacy. To characterize the potential...
Educational attainment and HIV-1 infection in developing countries: A systematic review
OBJECTIVES: To assess whether educational status is associated with HIV-1 infection in developing countries by conducting a systematic review of published literature. METHODS: Articles were identified through electronic databases and...
CCL3L1 copy number variation and susceptibility to HIV-1 infection: A meta-analysis
Although several studies have investigated whether CCL3L1 copy number variation (CNV) influences the risk of HIV-1 infection, there are still no clear conclusions. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis using two...
Integrating prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programs to improve uptake: A systematic review
Background: We performed a systematic review to assess the effect of integrated perinatal prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV interventions compared to non- or partially integrated services on the uptake...
