Category Archives: Sexual risk behaviour

Sociocultural and epidemiological aspects of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique

2010

Background. A legacy of colonial rule coupled with a devastating 16-year civil war through 1992 left Mozambique economically impoverished just as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic swept over southern...

Behavioral interventions to promote condom use among women living with HIV

2011

BACKGROUND: High rates of HIV infection among women of reproductive age have dramatic consequences for personal and public health. Prophylaxis during sexual intercourse in the form of condoms has been...

Comparisons of disparities and risks of HIV infection in black and other men who have sex with men in Canada, UK, and USA: A meta-analysis

2012

BACKGROUND: We did a meta-analysis to assess factors associated with disparities in HIV infection in black men who have sex with men (MSM) in Canada, the UK, and the USA....

Protecting our militaries: A systematic literature review of military human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome prevention programs worldwide

2005

OBJECTIVES: To systematically review published studies of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention programs targeting the world’s military populations. METHODS: We systematically searched eight electronic databases (publications from...

Sexual risk reduction for HIV-infected persons: A meta-analytic review of “positive prevention” randomized clinical trials

2014

BACKGROUND: Prevention intervention trials have been conducted to reduce risk of sexual transmission among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), but the findings were inconsistent. We performed a systematic review and...

Condom effectiveness in reducing heterosexual HIV transmission

2002

BACKGROUND: The amount of protection that condoms provide for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases is unknown. Cohort studies of sexually active HIV serodiscordant couples with follow-up of the seronegative...

Condom use in China: Prevalence, policies, issues and barriers

2012

In this review, we describe condom use and its influencing factors in China, with a particular focus on the five populations that are at high risk for HIV/sexually transmissible infections...

Social network-based interventions to promote condom use: A systematic review

2011

Effective sexually transmitted infection (STIs)/HIV prevention programs are urgently needed, but translating evidence-based methods of STI/HIV prevention into sustainable programs has been difficult. Social influences are critical for establishing condom...

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...

Behavioural interventions to reduce sexual risk for HIV in heterosexual couples: A meta-analysis

2013

OBJECTIVES: The current study was conducted to synthesise evaluations of couple-based HIV prevention interventions, assess the efficacy of these interventions in reducing sexual risk, and identify moderators of intervention efficacy....

Motivational interviewing for improving outcomes in youth living with HIV

2012

BACKGROUND: Almost half of all the new HIV infections occur in youth. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a counselling technique that is effective in bringing about positive behavior changes in the...

Sexual and reproductive health services for people living with HIV: A systematic review

2011

People living with HIV often have unmet needs for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. We present results of a systematic review of studies offering SRH services targeted to people...

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