Category Archives: Determinants of Health
Gender-transformative interventions to reduce HIV risks and violence with heterosexually-active men: A review of the global evidence
Emerging out of increased attention to gender equality within HIV and violence prevention programming has been an intensified focus on masculinities. A new generation of health interventions has attempted to...
The effectiveness of individual-, group-, and community-level HIV behavioral risk-reduction interventions for adult men who have sex with men: a systematic review
This article presents the results of a systematic review of the effectiveness and economic efficiency of individual-, group-, and community-level behavioral interventions intended to reduce the risk of acquiring sexually...
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...
Prevalence and risk of violence and the physical, mental, and sexual health problems associated with human trafficking: Systematic review
There is very limited evidence on the health consequences of human trafficking. This systematic review reports on studies investigating the prevalence and risk of violence while trafficked and the prevalence...
Redressing the epidemics of opioid overdose and HIV among people who inject drugs in Central Asia: The need for a syndemic approach
BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence suggests that opioid overdose and HIV infection are burgeoning intertwined epidemics among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Central Asia. To date, however, research on overdose and...
Understanding structural barriers to accessing HIV testing and prevention services among black men who have sex with men (BMSM) in the United States
Structural-level factors have contributed to the substantial disproportionate rates of HIV among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) in the United States. Despite insufficient HIV testing patterns, however,...
Barriers and facilitating factors to the uptake of antiretroviral drugs for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
OBJECTIVES: To investigate and synthesize reasons for low access, initiation and adherence to antiretroviral drugs by mothers and exposed babies for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in sub-Saharan...
Estimating HIV prevalence and risk behaviors of transgender persons in the United States: A systematic review
Transgender populations in the United States have been impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This systematic review estimates the prevalence of HIV infection and risk behaviors of transgender persons. Comprehensive searches...
Socioeconomic status as a risk factor for HIV infection in women in East, Central and Southern Africa: A systematic review
This is a critical, systematic review of the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and HIV infection in women in Southern, Central and Eastern Africa. In light of the interest in...
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...
