Category Archives: Sexual risk behaviour
Meta-analyses of seven of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s principles of drug addiction treatment
Of the 13 principles of drug addiction treatment disseminated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 7 were meta-analyzed as part of the Evidence-based Principles of Treatment (EPT) project....
Secrets and safety in the age of AIDS: Does HIV disclosure lead to safer sex?
To fuel the HIV/AIDS epidemic, HIV-seropositive individuals must interact unsafely with HIV-seronegative individuals. Research indicates that up to one third of individuals diagnosed with HIV continue to have unprotected sex,...
Interventions to reduce sexual risk for the human immunodeficiency virus in adolescents, 1985-2000: A research synthesis
OBJECTIVE: To summarize studies that have tested the efficacy of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) sexual risk-reduction interventions in adolescents. DATA SOURCES: Reports were gathered from computerized databases, by contacting individual...
Persuasive communications to change actions: An analysis of behavioral and cognitive impact in HIV prevention
This meta-analysis examined the validity of various theoretical assumptions about cognitive and behavioral change following a communication recommending condom use. The synthesis comprised 82 treatment and 29 control groups included...
Weighing the gold in the gold standard: Challenges in HIV prevention research
OBJECTIVE(S): Few HIV prevention interventions have been evaluated in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We examined design, implementation, and contextual considerations that may limit detection of a positive or adverse effect...
Pregnancy incidence and risk factors among women participating in vaginal microbicide trials for HIV prevention: systematic review and meta-analysis.
INTRODUCTION: Pregnancy is contraindicated in vaginal microbicide trials for the prevention of HIV infection in women due to the unknown maternal and fetal safety of the microbicides. Women who become...
Behavior change interventions to prevent HIV infection among women living in low and middle income countries: A systematic review
We conducted a systematic review of behavioral change interventions to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV among women and girls living in low- and middle-income countries. PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science,...