Syndemics of psychosocial problems and HIV risk: A systematic review of empirical tests of the disease interaction concept
2015
In the theory of syndemics, diseases co-occur in particular temporal or geographical contexts due to harmful social conditions (disease concentration) and interact at the level of populations and individuals, with...
Global epidemiology of HIV among women and girls who use or inject drugs: Current knowledge and limitations of existing data
2015
BACKGROUND: Women and girls who use and inject drugs are a critical population at risk of HIV. In this article, we review data on the epidemiology of drug use and...
Recreational drug use among individuals living with HIV in Europe: Review of the prevalence, comparison with the general population and HIV guidelines recommendations
2015
BACKGROUND: Adherence problems, interactions and higher rate of risk activities have been observed in HIV individuals using recreational drugs. Our aim was to describe recreational drug use in both HIV...
Risk factors of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in China: A systematic review of reviews
2015
BACKGROUND: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are a global challenge. China, once said to have eradicated STIs, is now facing a rapid rise in the prevalence of HIV/STIs. This review of...
HIV risk behavior among adults with severe mental illness: A systematic review
2005
Adults with severe mental illness (SMI) have been disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This systematic review of the empirical literature on SMI documents the prevalence and correlates of HIV...
HIV/AIDS and mental health research in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
2011
The relationship between mental illness and HIV/AIDS is complex and bidirectional. A significant amount of research has been performed in high-income countries but less is known about HIV and mental...
The age of initiation of drug use and sexual behavior may influence subsequent HIV risk behavior: A systematic review.
2013
Researchers examining injection drug users (IDUs) in drug treatment have been trying for decades to determine the optimal way to intervene to prevent the transmission and spread of human immunodeficiency...
A review of the literature on event-level substance use and sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men
2012
In the United States, there continues to be high incidence of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM), who represent 57% of new infections in 2009. While...
Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in preventing HIV risk behaviour in injecting drug users
1998
OBJECTIVE: To consider evidence for the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in reducing the risk of infection with HIV of injecting drug users. METHOD: We reviewed 19 published studies of the...
A review of HIV/AIDS research in Malaysia
2014
Two hundred fifty seven articles related to HIV/AIDS were found in a search through a database dedicated to indexing all original data relevant to medicine published in Malaysia between the...
The determinants of screening uptake and interventions for increasing uptake: A systematic review
2000
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The paradigm of universal access to HIV-treatment and human rights violation: How do we treat HIV-positive people who use drugs?
2014
HIV-positive people who use drugs (PWUDs) are particularly vulnerable for suboptimal access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We conducted a systematic review to identify factors associated with suboptimal HAART...
