Category Archives: Sexual risk behaviour
Behavioral interventions to promote condom use among women living with HIV: A systematic review update
Behavioral interventions have been essential components of HIV prevention approaches, especially those aimed to promote safe sexual practices. We conducted a comprehensive literature search without language restrictions between 1980 and...
Psychosocial correlates of safe sex communication between Latina women and their stable male partners: An integrative review
Latina women in stable relationships have risks for human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted infections. Improving safe sexual communication (SSC) could enable women to accurately assess and mitigate their...
Efficacy of human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infection prevention interventions targeting female entertainment workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Female entertainment workers (FEWs) working in karaoke lounges, bars, pubs, nightclubs, discotheques, dance halls, massage parlours, restaurants (as hostesses or singers) and beer gardens are at high risk for human...
Transactional sex and risk for HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
INTRODUCTION: Young women aged 15 to 24 years in sub-Saharan Africa continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV. A growing number of studies have suggested that the practice of transactional...
Prevalence of alcohol use, sexual risk behavior, and HIV among Russians in high-risk settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the (a) prevalence of and (b) association between alcohol, risky sex, and HIV among Russians at risk for primary or secondary...
School-based sexual health education interventions to prevent STI/HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: School-based sexual health education has the potential to provide an inclusive and comprehensive approach to promoting sexual health among young people. We reviewed evaluations of school-based sexual health education...
A comprehensive review of reviews of school-based interventions to improve sexual-health
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review systematic reviews of school-based sexual-health and relationship Education (SHRE) programmes and, thereby, identify interventions and intervention components that promote reductions in risky sexual behaviour among young...
Revisiting the understanding of “transactional sex” in sub-Saharan Africa: A review and synthesis of the literature
In sub-Saharan Africa, young women ages 15-24 have more than twice the risk of acquiring HIV as their male counterparts. A growing body of epidemiological evidence suggests that the practice...
Interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, among young people in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of the published and gray literature
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, are prevalent among adolescents and can have lasting adverse health consequences. The objective of this review is to identify high-quality interventions and evaluations to...
