Category Archives: Prevention, Engagement and Care Cascade

Rapid point-of-care HIV testing in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2007

XST: This is a critical abstract of a systematic review that meets the criteria for inclusion on DARE. Each critical abstract contains a brief summary of the review methods, results...

Complex interventions to improve the health of people with limited literacy: A systematic review

2009

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the published literature on the effects of complex (multi-faceted) interventions intended to improve the health-related outcomes of individuals with limited literacy or numeracy. METHODS: We undertook a...

The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: A systematic review of the literature

2008

This article reports a systematic review of literature published between 1994 and 2004 on the effects of performing arts for health in young people aged 11-18. The review includes research...

The effectiveness of probiotics for managing diarrhoea in people with HIV infection: A critically appraised topic

2013

OBJECTIVES: The implications of HIV infection are vast. Management of clinical symptomatology, though, cannot be overshadowed by focus on disease management. These must be managed in concert. Diarrhoea, a common...

Clinical use of HIV integrase inhibitors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2013

BACKGROUND: Optimal regimen choice of antiretroviral therapy is essential to achieve long-term clinical success. Integrase inhibitors have swiftly been adopted as part of current antiretroviral regimens. The purpose of this...

Mobile phone text messaging for promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infection

2012

BACKGROUND: More than 34 million people are presently living with HIV infection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) can help these people to live longer, healthier lives, but adherence to ART can be...

Behavioral interventions for improving condom use for dual protection

2013

BACKGROUND: Unprotected sex is a major risk factor for disease, disability, and mortality in many areas of the world due to the prevalence and incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STI)...

Promoting HIV and sexual safety behaviour in people with severe mental illness: A systematic review of behavioural interventions

2014

People diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI) are at greater risk of HIV than the general population. However, little attention has been given to how best to reduce sexual risk...

Boosted protease inhibitors as a therapeutic option in the treatment of HIV-infected children

2009

OBJECTIVE: Paediatric HIV treatment must address various special considerations. Administration of pharmacokinetically enhanced protease inhibitors (PIs) can improve paediatric therapeutic outcomes. The objective of this study was to review the...

School based sex education and HIV prevention in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2014

OBJECTIVES: School-based sex education is a cornerstone of HIV prevention for adolescents who continue to bear a disproportionally high HIV burden globally. We systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed the existing evidence...

Effect of cotrimoxazole on mortality in HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2012

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cotrimoxazole reduces mortality in adults receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in low- and middle-income countries through a systematic review and meta-analysis....

Towards an understanding of sexual risk behavior in people living with HIV: A review of social, psychological, and medical findings

2002

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