SynthesisSocial science & medicine (1982)2012
A role for depression in sexual risk reduction for women? A meta-analysis of HIV prevention trials with depression outcomes.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Reducing HIV Risk Behaviors Among Black Women Living With and Without HIV/AIDS in the U.S.: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the health sciences: Best practice methods for research syntheses.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2019Pooled it
- A synthesis of meta-analytic evidence of behavioral interventions to reduce HIV/STIs.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Cognitive testing of the PHQ-9 for depression screening among pregnant and postpartum women in Kenya.BMC psychiatry · 2020Trial
- Added benefits: reduced depressive symptom levels among African-American female adolescents participating in an HIV prevention intervention.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2014Trial
- Does effective depression treatment alone reduce secondary HIV transmission risk? Equivocal findings from a randomized controlled trial.AIDS and behavior · 2013Trial
- HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Conversations Among Women in Ending the HIV Epidemic Priority Communities: A Qualitative Exploration of Experiences and Preferences.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Psychological Distress as a Primer for Sexual Risk Taking Among Emerging Adults.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2021Article
- Profiles of Depressive Symptoms Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Mexico: A Latent Class Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Integrating Individual and Contextual Factors to Explain Disparities in HIV/STI Among Heterosexual African American Youth: A Contemporary Literature Review and Social Ecological Model.Archives of sexual behavior · 2020Review
- Depressive symptoms as a longitudinal predictor of sexual risk behaviors among African-American adolescents.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2019Article
- Analyzing the Association Between Depression and High-Risk Sexual Behavior Among Adult Latina Immigrant Farm Workers in Miami-Dade County.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Effect of Depression on Adherence to Oral PrEP Among Men and Women in East Africa.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2018Article
- Patterns of Gender-Based Violence and Associations with Mental Health and HIV Risk Behavior Among Female Sex Workers in Mombasa, Kenya: A Latent Class Analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Changes in Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Predict Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Men Living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Gender Moderates the Association of Depressive Symptoms to Sexual Risk Behavior Among HIV-Positive African-American Outpatients.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Gender disparities in depression severity and coping among people living with HIV/AIDS in Kolkata, India.PloS one · 2018Article
- Psychological Distress Moderates the Intention-Behavior Association for Sexual Partner Concurrency Among Adults.AIDS and behavior · 2017Article
- Anxiety and depression strongly associated with sexual risk behaviors among networks of young men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.AIDS care · 2017Article
- A tale of two cities: stigma and health outcomes among people with HIV who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia and Kohtla-Järve, Estonia.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2015Article
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Abstract
Rates of HIV/AIDS and depression in women are significant public health concerns. The current meta-analysis tested the hypothesis that depression levels moderate change in sexual risk behavior in women participating in HIV prevention interventions. Features of the interventions were also explored as possible factors in decreasing levels of depression and sexual risk behavior. Included were HIV primary prevention interventions that measured sexual risk behavior and depression at baseline and follow-up and reported separate results for women. Ten studies (fourteen intervention groups and ten control groups; N = 4,195 women) met the inclusion criteria. The majority of participants were African American; mean age was 28-years old. Both depression and sexual risk behavior decreased significantly in treatment and control groups from baseline to follow-up. Sexual risk decreased more to the extent that interventions sampled (a) participants with higher baseline levels of depression, (b) older women, (c) Hispanics/Latinas, and/or (d) members of risk groups (e.g., drug users, homeless). Interventions that included (e) condom provision, (f) information about condoms, and/or (g) HIV counseling and testing were also more successful in decreasing sexual risk. Finally (h), interventions were more likely to reduce sexual risk behavior when they decreased depression to a large extent relative to baseline levels. Interventions were more likely to decrease depression when they (a) had samples of only women, (b) targeted risk groups, and/or (c) provided self-management and coping skills. Reducing depression appears to play a role in decreasing sexual risk behavior, suggesting that interventions should actively address depression.
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