Category Archives: Health Systems

HIV sexual risk-reduction interventions for youth: A review and methodological critique of randomized controlled trials

2003

The authors review and provide a methodological critique of randomized controlled studies of HIV risk reduction interventions that measured sexual risk behavior outcomes with adolescents. Studies conducted in school, community,...

Pharmacologic perspectives for once-daily antiretroviral therapy

2004

OBJECTIVE: To contrast available once-daily antiretroviral agents and combinations of these agents from a clinical pharmacologic viewpoint. DATA SOURCES: Data were extracted from publications and major HIV conference proceedings cited...

The determinants of screening uptake and interventions for increasing uptake: A systematic review

2000

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Self-management interventions for people living with human immunodeficiency virus: A scoping review

2013

BACKGROUND: Self-management is an important emerging intervention for people with human immunodeficiency virus (PHAs). The principles of self-management are consistent with the principles of client-centred occupational therapy. PURPOSE: This scoping...

Definition of a core set of quality indicators for the assessment of HIV/AIDS clinical care: A systematic review

2013

BACKGROUND: Several organizations and individual authors have been proposing quality indicators for the assessment of clinical care in HIV/AIDS patients. Nevertheless, the definition of a consensual core set of indicators...

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...

Integrating prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programmes with other health services for preventing HIV infection and improving HIV outcomes in developing countries

2011

BACKGROUND: Every year nearly 400,000 children are infected with HIV through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), which is responsible for more than 90% of HIV infections in children. In high-income countries, the...

Improved effectiveness of partner notification for patients with sexually transmitted infections: Systematic review

2007

Objective To examine the effectiveness of methods to improve partner notification by patient referral (index patient has responsibility for informing sex partners of their exposure to a sexually transmitted infection)....

Improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of TB among people living with HIV: The role of operational research

2011

Operational research is necessary to improve the access to and delivery of tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis and treatment interventions for people living with HIV. We conducted an extensive review of the...

Modeling the cost-effectiveness of HIV treatment: how to buy the most ‘health’ when resources are limited

2013

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To summarize recent cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) that evaluate optimal treatment strategies for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). RECENT FINDINGS: Efforts to attain universal coverage of current treatment...

The cost of treatment and care for people living with HIV infection: Implications of published studies, 1999-2008

2010

Purpose of review: Increasing number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) will require expanded access to health services. Countries need robust and contemporary strategic information on the cost of care...

Barriers to participating in an HIV vaccine trial: A systematic review

2004

The enrolling of adequate participants into HIV experimental drug trials presents an important challenge. We systematically reviewed the literature to identify barriers and concerns amongst HIV patients to participation in...

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