Category Archives: Epidemiology and Determinants of Health
The impact of multiple-behavior HIV interventions as a function of regional disadvantages: An analysis of syndemics
OBJECTIVE: Disadvantaged populations, including inhabitants of developing countries as well as racial/ethnic and sexual minorities in the United States, are disproportionally burdened by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, delayed HIV...
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis
OBJECTIVE: To assess coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine acceptance among people living with HIV (PLHIV) worldwide. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, PSYINFO, CINHAL, Scopus and EMBASE databases and other sources including...
A scoping review on the effects of COVID-19 on syringe service programs in the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic has had worldwide impacts, including disrupting community services. One interrupted service was syringe service programs (SSPs), community-established initiatives that provide sterile supplies and aid in overcoming addiction...
Barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use for HIV: An integrative review
OBJECTIVES: to identify and synthesize scientific evidence on the barriers and difficulties for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) use and compliance for HIV. METHODS: an integrative literature review, using the MEDLINE/PubMed, Cumulative...
Uptake and barriers to cervical cancer screening among human immunodeficiency virus-positive women in Sub Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of disability and mortality among women in Africa. Despite a significant correlation between HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer, there is unacceptably low coverage of the...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and sexualised drug use among men who have sex with men: A systematic review
Drug-related harms, including harms from sexualised drug use (SDU), are disproportionately experienced by sexual and gender minority people, relative to their majority counterparts. Chemsex, a type of SDU practiced mainly...
Integration of sexually transmitted infection and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis services in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
BACKGROUND: Persons living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face disproportionate risk from overlapping epidemics of HIV and bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for prevention is gradually being scaled...
Preferences for oral- vs blood-based human immunodeficiency virus self-testing: A scoping review of the literature
BACKGROUND: The evidence on preferences for oral- vs blood-based human immunodeficiency virus self-testing (HIVST) has been heterogenous and inconclusive. In addition, most evaluations have relied on hypothetical or stated use...
Using a structural-ecological model to facilitate adoption of preexposure prophylaxis among latinx sexual minority men: A systematic literature review
Research has consistently shown that individual, interpersonal, community and structural factors influence the degree to which individuals’ access and utilize health care services, and these factors may play a role...
Post-exposure prophylaxis against blood-borne viral infections among health care workers: A bibliometric analysis
Background: Health care workers face a wide range of chemical, physical, and biological occupational hazards in their jobs. Objective: The present study aimed to investigate research trends on post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against...
Systematic review and meta-analysis of linkage to HIV care interventions in the United States, Canada, and Ukraine (2010–2021)
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions targeting linkage to HIV care in the US, Canada, and Europe. We searched six databases (PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of...
