Category Archives: Sexual risk behaviour

Do school-based programs prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in adolescents? A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

We systematically reviewed the literature to assess the effectiveness of school-based programs to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) among adolescents in the USA. We searched six databases...

Does pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in men who have sex with men (MSM) change risk behavior? A systematic review

2017

BACKGROUND: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV has been available since 2012. Even so, PrEP has not been widely accepted among healthcare providers and MSM some of whom are convinced that...

How to assess gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men for chemsex

2016

OBJECTIVES: Sexualised substance use, ‘chemsex’, is being increasingly reported by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in sexual health clinics. We aim to describe the...

Is location of sex associated with sexual risk behaviour in men who have sex with men? Systematic review of within-subjects studies

2016

To understand associations between location of sex and sexual risk, it is most helpful to compare sexual encounters within persons. We systematically reviewed within-subjects comparisons of sexual encounters reported by...

Understanding the experiences of married Southern African women in protecting themselves from HIV/AIDS: A systematic review and meta-synthesis

2017

BACKGROUND: Whilst marriage has been repeatedly identified in the literature as an HIV risk factor amongst Southern African women, not much is known about women’s perception of their role, experiences...

The sexual lives of people with disabilities within low- and middle-income countries: A scoping study of studies published in English

2017

BACKGROUND: Although approximately 80% of the global population of people with disabilities reside in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), very little is known about their sexual lives due to a...

HIV risk-reduction prevention interventions targeting African American adolescent women

2016

African American young women are overwhelmingly disproportionately burdened by HIV/AIDS in the United States today. The purpose of the current systematic review was to identify the characteristics of efficacious HIV...

Quantifying the harms and benefits from serosorting among HIV-negative gay and bisexual men: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between serosorting and HIV infection among HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM). Compared to no condomless anal sex...

Trends in sexual behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) in high-income countries, 1990-2013: A systematic review

2017

HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) have been increasing in several high-income countries. A better understanding of the sexual behavior trends among MSM can be useful...

Leveraging the U.S. criminal justice system to access women for HIV interventions

2017

The criminal justice (CJ) system can be leveraged to access women for HIV prevention and treatment programs. Research is lacking on effective implementation strategies tailored to the specific needs of...

Prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Iranian prisoners: A review article

2016

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, prisoners are more at risk of being infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as hepatitis C and B in comparison with other risk groups. The combination...

HIV programs in Iran (Persia), Iraq and Saudi Arabia: A brief review of current evidence in West and Southwest Asia

2016

BACKGROUND: In Western and Southwest Asia, literature is not documented on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) programs in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The present study is the first brief review...

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