HIV and HCV prevalence among entrants to methadone maintenance treatment clinics in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2012
Background: Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) was implemented in China since 2004. It was initiated in 8 pilot clinics and subsequently expanded to 738 clinics by the end of 2011. Numerous...
Alcohol use and antiretroviral adherence: Review and meta-analysis
2009
BACKGROUND: Alcohol use is frequently implicated as a factor in nonadherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). There have not been efforts to systematically evaluate findings across studies. This meta-analysis...
A critical literature review to identify possible causes of higher rates of HIV infection among young black and Latino men who have sex with men
2010
Black and Latino young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are disproportionately impacted by HIV infection; however, the reason for this disparity is unclear. To identify possible causes of...
A review of HIV prevention interventions for juvenile offenders
2010
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a critical review of all HIV prevention intervention studies conducted with adolescents in juvenile justice settings to inform future intervention development. METHOD: PubMed and PsycInfo database searches...
Oral substitution treatment of injecting opioid users for prevention of HIV infection
2011
BACKGROUND: Injecting drug users are vulnerable to infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other blood borne viruses as a result of collective use of injecting equipment as well as...
Sex differences in adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy: A meta-analysis
2012
Observational studies have found that women tend to have lower adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) than men do, though no meta-analysis has yet investigated this trend. The aims...
Epidemiology, responses, and way forward: The silent epidemic of viral hepatitis and HIV coinfection in Vietnam
2012
Viral hepatitis is a disease of great concern to public health that is now met by a favorable momentum to combat the global epidemic. This article is intended to highlight...
A systematic review to quantitatively evaluate ‘Stepping Stones’: A participatory community-based HIV/AIDS prevention intervention
2013
This first independent systematic review examined evidence for the effectiveness of the stepping stones intervention in HIV prevention. To reduce HIV transmission it addresses gender roles and promotes equitable relationships....
