Category Archives: Testing

Factors associated with HIV testing among people who inject drugs: A meta-analysis

2020

HIV testing is the first step to early identification, treatment and management of HIV infection among people involved in high-risk behaviors specifically drug injection. Achieving declines in morbidity and mortality...

Using digital communication technology to increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men and transgender women: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

BACKGROUND: HIV continues to disproportionately affect men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TW). Undiagnosed HIV is a major driver of HIV transmission rates, and increasing the...

A systematic review and meta-analyses on initiation, adherence and outcomes of antiretroviral therapy in incarcerated people

2020

BACKGROUND: Incarcerated people are at increased risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection relative to the general population. Despite a high burden of infection, HIV care use among prison populations...

Clinician barriers and facilitators to routine HIV testing: A systematic review of the literature

2020

BACKGROUND: Routine HIV screening rates are suboptimal. OBJECTIVES: This systematic review identified barriers to/facilitators of routine HIV testing, categorized them using the socioecological model (SEM), and provided recommendations for interventions...

A scoping review of interventions to address intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan African healthcare

2019

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread global health problem, with negative effects on women’s health and HIV transmission and treatment. There is little evidence on how to address IPV...

The use of comic books, graphic novels, and fotonovelas as a health promotion tool

2020

Key take-home messages Comics — including graphic novels, comic books, and fotonovelas — are one way to learn and teach about illness (1) as the reader can relate words and images...

Cost-effectiveness of rapid point-of-care testing (POCT) programs for HIV

2020

Key take-home messages Studies suggest that rapid HIV tests can be cost-effective in high-income settings under various scenarios. Criteria to examine the cost-effectiveness of rapid tests for HIV include cost...

The role of the clinical pharmacist in the management of people living with HIV in the modern antiretroviral era

2019

As the HIV epidemic has evolved, so too has the role of the clinical pharmacist (CP) in the management of people living with HIV (PLWH). The modern antiretroviral therapy (ART)...

Verification of HIV self-testing use and results: A global systematic review

2020

HIV self-testing (HIVST) allows individuals to interpret and report their own test results, thus decentralizing testing. Yet, this decentralization can make it difficult to verify self-testing results, which is important...

Thematic synthesis HIV prevention qualitative studies in men who have sex with men (MSM)

2019

Background: Qualitative studies on HIV prevention strategies and methods among men who have sex with men (MSM) allow identify knowledge gaps and improve preventive actions. Objective: To make a thematic...

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM): A scoping review on PrEP service delivery and programming

2020

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an evidence-based new biomedical HIV prevention intervention, which involves the pre-emptive use of daily (or event-based) antiretroviral drugs, to reduce risk of HIV acquisition if exposed....

A scoping review of employment and HIV

2020

Employment is a social determinant of health that is important for understanding health behaviors, health outcomes and HIV transmission among people living with HIV. This study is a scoping review...

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