Category Archives: Testing

A review of usability evaluation methods and their use for testing eHealth HIV interventions

2020

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To provide a comprehensive review of usability testing of eHealth interventions for HIV. RECENT FINDINGS: We identified 28 articles that assessed the usability of eHealth interventions for...

A systematic review of technology-assisted HIV testing interventions

2020

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to describe and assess the literature on mobile health (mHealth) and other technology-based HIV testing interventions published in the 5-year period...

Religion, faith, and spirituality influences on HIV prevention activities: A scoping review

2020

INTRODUCTION: Strategies to increase uptake of next-generation biomedical prevention technologies (e.g., long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)) can benefit from understanding associations between religion, faith, and spirituality (RFS) and current primary...

Peer education for HIV prevention among high-risk groups: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

BACKGROUND: Peer education has become a strategy for health promotion among high-risk groups for HIV infection worldwide. However, the extent to which peer education could have an impact on HIV...

Does capacity development increase demand for health services and rights among key populations affected by HIV? A systematic review of evidence from low and middle-income countries

2020

Capacity development is a process by which individuals, organizations and societies develop abilities to perform functions, solve problems and achieve objectives. This systematic review sought to document capacity development interventions,...

Human immunodeficiency virus positive status disclosure to a sexual partner and its determinant factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

BACKGROUND: Disclosure of Human Immunodeficiency Virus positive status significantly reduced the transmission of HIV; yet, it remains a challenge for many HIV patients. Disclosure serves plays a crucial role to...

Mapping evidence of intervention strategies to improving men’s uptake to HIV testing services in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic scoping review

2020

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Screening algorithms to reduce burden of pediatric HIV testing: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

BACKGROUND: The accuracy of symptom screening to identify children eligible for further HIV testing in generalized epidemics has been examined in several studies. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis...

Unknown HIV status and the TB/HIV collaborative control program in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has shown significant efforts to address the burden of TB/HIV comorbidity through the TB/HIV collaborative program. However, these diseases are still the highest cause of death in the...

The effectiveness of electronic health interventions for promoting HIV-preventive behaviors among men who have sex with men: Meta-analysis based on an integrative framework of design and implementation features

2020

BACKGROUND: The disproportionately high prevalence of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) is a global concern. Despite the increasing utilization of electronic health (eHealth) technology in the...

Arts-based approaches to promoting health in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

2020

INTRODUCTION: Arts-based approaches to health promotion have been used widely across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly in public health responses to HIV/AIDS. Such approaches draw on deep-rooted historical traditions of indigenous...

Impact of male circumcision on risk of HIV infection in men in a changing epidemic context — Systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

INTRODUCTION: WHO/UNAIDS recommended Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in 2007 based on systematic review of observational studies prior to 1999 and three randomized controlled trials (RCTs). To inform updated WHO guidance,...

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