Category Archives: Children or Youth (less than 18 years old)
Universal voluntary HIV testing in antenatal care settings: A review of the contribution of provider-initiated testing & counselling
Objective To assess the contribution of provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) to achieving universal testing of pregnant women and, from available data on components of PITC, assess whether PITC adoption...
Reaching youth with out-of-facility HIV and reproductive health services: A systematic review
Purpose: Many young people, particularly those who are marginalized and most at risk for HIV and reproductive health-related problems, cannot or will not seek traditional facility-based health services. Policies and...
Duration of ruptured membranes and vertical transmission of HIV-1: A meta-analysis from 15 prospective cohort studies
Objective: To test the a priori hypothesis that longer duration of ruptured membranes is associated with increased risk of vertical transmission of HIV. Design: The relationship between duration of ruptured...
A systematic review examining whether interventions are effective in reducing cognitive delay in children infected and affected with HIV
Cognitive delay has been recorded in children infected and affected by HIV. This finding is well established, yet few countries report provision of special educational interventions for this group of...
The reproductive health behaviors of HIV-infected young women in the United States: A literature review.
HIV-infected young women in the United States have important reproductive health needs that are made more complex by their HIV status. We searched Pubmed and relevant bibliographies to identify 32...
Neurodevelopment in children born to HIV-infected mothers by infection and treatment status
BACKGROUND: We reviewed the impact of HIV, HIV exposure, and antiretroviral therapy/prophylaxis on neurodevelopmental outcomes of HIV-infected and HIV-exposed-uninfected infants and children. METHODS: A literature search of Medline, Embase, PsychINFO,...
A systematic review of pediatric adherence to antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Sustaining antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence requires accurate, consistent monitoring, a particular challenge for low-income countries. The optimal strategy to measure pediatric adherence remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic...
Behavioral interventions to reduce HIV-related sexual risk behavior: review and synthesis of meta-analytic evidence
Over the past 25 years, scores of behavioral interventions to reduce HIV-related sexual risk behavior have been developed and evaluated. The purpose of the current study was to synthesize what...
Impact of HIV and sexual health education on the sexual behaviour of young people: A review update
To assess the effects of HIV/AIDS and sexual health education on young peoples sexual behaviour, a comprehensive literature review was commissioned by the Department of Policy, Strategy, and Research of...
School-based programs to reduce sexual risk behaviors: A review of effectiveness
This review was undertaken in recognition of the mounting public health and social problems associated with adolescent sexual behavior and the importance of basing school-affiliated programs designed to reduce sexual...
