SynthesisAIDS (London, England)2008
The efficacy of behavioral interventions in reducing HIV risk behaviors and incident sexually transmitted diseases in heterosexual African Americans.
Synthesis in AIDS (London, England), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 89 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
89 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.
- HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Substance Use Continuum of Care Interventions Among Criminal Justice-Involved Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Systematic Review.American journal of public health · 2018Pooled it
- A synthesis of meta-analytic evidence of behavioral interventions to reduce HIV/STIs.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Preconception care: preventing and treating infections.Reproductive health · 2014Pooled it
- Reporting quality of search methods in systematic reviews of HIV behavioral interventions (2000-2010): are the searches clearly explained, systematic and reproducible?Research synthesis methods · 2014Pooled it
- HIV prevention interventions to reduce sexual risk for African Americans: the influence of community-level stigma and psychological processes.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2014Pooled it
- A systematic review of behavioral interventions to prevent HIV infection and transmission among heterosexual, adult men in low-and middle-income countries.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2013Pooled it
- HIV prevention interventions to reduce racial disparities in the United States: a systematic review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2012Pooled it
- Efficacy of HIV/STI behavioral interventions for heterosexual African American men in the United States: a meta-analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2012Pooled it
- Efficacy of structural-level condom distribution interventions: a meta-analysis of U.S. and international studies, 1998-2007.AIDS and behavior · 2011Pooled it
- Interventions for encouraging sexual behaviours intended to prevent cervical cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- The efficacy of HIV/STI behavioral interventions for African American females in the United States: a meta-analysis.American journal of public health · 2009Pooled it
- Behavioral interventions for African Americans to reduce sexual risk of HIV: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2009Pooled it
- Research Synthesis, HIV Prevention Response, and Public Health: CDC's HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis Project.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Pooled it
- Condom use increased after a peer group intervention implemented by community volunteers in Malawi.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- Culturally-Based Challenges to and Recommendations for Delivering Adherence Counseling in a Multicultural Biomedical HIV Prevention Trial in Four African Countries.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2020Trial
- Using Motivational Interviewing to Increase PrEP Uptake Among Black Women at Risk for HIV: an Open Pilot Trial of MI-PrEP.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Trial
- A Pilot Study of a Mobile App to Support HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Use Stimulants.AIDS and behavior · 2019Trial
- Reducing Risky Sex among Rural African American Cocaine Users: A Controlled Trial.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2017Trial
- Abuse Impedes Prevention: The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and HIV/STI Risk Among Young African American Women.AIDS and behavior · 2015Trial
- Results of a pilot test of a brief computer-assisted tailored HIV prevention intervention for use with a range of demographic and risk groups.AIDS and behavior · 2013Trial
29 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
objectiveTo conduct a meta-analytic review of HIV interventions for heterosexual African Americans to determine the overall efficacy in reducing HIV-risk sex behaviors and incident sexually transmitted diseases and identify intervention characteristics associated with efficacy.
methodsComprehensive searches included electronic databases from 1988 to 2005, handsearches of journals, reference lists of articles, and contacts with researchers. Thirty-eight randomized controlled trials met the selection criteria. Random-effects models were used to aggregate data.
resultsInterventions significantly reduced unprotected sex (odds ratio = 0.75; 95% confidence interval = 0.67, 0.84; 35 trials; N = 14 682) and marginally significantly decreased incident sexually transmitted diseases (odds ratio = 0.88; 95% confidence interval = 0.72, 1.07; 10 trials; N = 10 944). Intervention characteristics associated with efficacy include cultural tailoring, aiming to influence social norms in promoting safe sex behavior, utilizing peer education, providing skills training on correct use of condoms and communication skills needed for negotiating safer sex, and multiple sessions and opportunities to practice learned skills.
conclusionInterventions targeting heterosexual African Americans are efficacious in reducing HIV-risk sex behaviors. Efficacious intervention components identified in this study should be incorporated into the development of future interventions and further evaluated for effectiveness.
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