HIV prevention interventions in adolescent girls: What is the state of the science?
2004
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Adolescent girls now represent one of the fastest growing groups of persons infected with HIV. A systematic review was undertaken to identify and critique the most scientifically...
Understanding the role of family on sexual-risk decisions of young women: A systematic review
2012
Girls and young women are at high risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Many research studies suggest that the family plays an important role in young women’s sexual-risk...
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)...
A role for depression in sexual risk reduction for women? A meta-analysis of HIV prevention trials with depression outcomes
2012
Rates of HIV/AIDS and depression in women are significant public health concerns. The current meta-analysis tested the hypothesis that depression levels moderate change in sexual risk behavior in women participating...
HIV and rehabilitation: Development of a conceptual framework for curriculum planning
2008
The overall purpose of this paper is to present the development of a conceptual framework of existing HIV curricula and educational resources on to inform future curriculum planning for the...
Prevention of sexually transmitted HIV infection: A meta-analytic review of the behavioral outcome literature
1996
Social learning theory-based models have recently provided the foundation for a series of twelve controlled human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk reduction intervention studies that have examined sexual behavior change. These...
Rigorous trials of sexual behaviour interventions in STD/HIV prevention: what can we learn from them?
