Category Archives: Delivery arrangements

How care is organized

Effectiveness of harm reduction interventions in Chemsex: A systematic review

2024

The phenomenon of chemsex has emerged as an essential public health issue in recent years. This systematic review aimed to investigate currently available harm reduction strategies and to evaluate the...

HIV prevention interventions for women who use substances

2024

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Using machine learning models to plan HIV services: Emerging opportunities in design, implementation and evaluation

2024

HIV/AIDS remains one of the world’s most significant public health and economic challenges, with approximately 36 million people currently living with the disease. Considerable progress has been made to reduce...

A typology of HIV self-testing support systems: a scoping review

2024

To maximise the benefits of HIV self-testing (HIVST), it is critical to support self-testers in the testing process and ensure that they access appropriate prevention and care. To summarise systems...

Implementation strategies to improve HIV care cascade outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review from 2014 to 2021

2024

INTRODUCTION: In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic and manage limited resources, optimized implementation strategies are needed to enhance the efficiency of the...

Missed opportunities for guidance on sexually transmitted infection services: A global review of national HIV PrEP guidance

2024

OBJECTIVES: People who use or would benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV infection are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Integrating STI services when offering PrEP fosters synergies...

Point of care HIV testing in dental settings in high-income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review

2024

Objectives: Expanding HIV testing beyond specialized services has been a key strategic approach to eliminating the transmission of HIV. In recent years, dental settings have been identified as offering an opportunity...

Perceived stigma and depression among the HIV-positive adult people in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Introduction Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders, affecting approximately 60% of people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Low and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Ethiopia, bear...

A systematic review on advance care planning for people living with HIV: Insights from the studies of persons without HIV

2024

With advances in medicine, HIV has evolved into a chronic condition for people living with HIV (PLWH). However, many PLWH do not engage in advance care planning (ACP), and it...

Assessing structural racism and discrimination along the pre-exposure prophylaxis continuum: A systematic review

2024

Structural racism and discrimination (SRD) is deeply embedded across U.S. healthcare institutions, but its impact on health outcomes is challenging to assess. The purpose of this systematic literature review is...

Telehealth models for PrEP delivery: A systematic review of acceptability, implementation, and impact on the PrEP care continuum in the United States

2024

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is pivotal in curbing HIV transmission and is integral to the national plan to end the HIV epidemic in the United States (US). Nonetheless, widespread PrEP adoption...

Population percentage and population size of men who have sex with men in the United States, 2017–2021: Meta-analysis of 5 population-based surveys

2024

BACKGROUND: Male-to-male sexual transmission continues to account for the greatest proportion of new HIV diagnoses in the United States. However, calculating population-specific surveillance metrics for HIV and other sexually transmitted...

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