SynthesisAIDS and behavior2014
Social support and HIV-related risk behaviors: a systematic review of the global literature.
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83 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 158 citations in OpenAlex.
- Better Together?: A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Interventions that Build or Strengthen Social Ties.AIDS and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Social network strategies to distribute HIV self-testing kits: a global systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled it
- Validity of Social Support Scales Utilized Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Affected Populations: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2019Pooled it
- Social network and HIV risk behaviors in female sex workers: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Social and behavioral interventions for improving quality of life of HIV infected people receiving antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2017Pooled it
- An integrated HIV and chronic disease intervention to reduce HIV infection risk among older men who have sex with men in China: a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- "We carried her in a wheelbarrow to the clinic": process evaluation of the AMETHIST intervention combining microplanning with self-help groups to improve HIV prevention and treatment among female sex workers in Zimbabwe.BMC health services research · 2026Trial
- Social support and HIV management among people who inject drugs: in-depth interviews in Delhi, India.Harm reduction journal · 2025Trial
- The impact of conditional cash transfers for HIV prevention on peer relationships: perspectives from female recipients and non-recipients in HPTN 068.BMC public health · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of a Social Self-Value Empowerment Intervention to Improve Quality of Life of HIV Infected People Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment in Nepal: A Randomized Controlled Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2017Trial
- 'Cost, man. Good quality stuff can get pricey', men's choices regarding HIV services in South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2026Article
- Couch-Surfing and HIV Risk Behavior Among Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Integrating CBPR and Implementation Science to Develop a PrEP-Promotion Intervention for Black Transgender Women.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2026Article
- Pain and alcohol consumption among people living with HIV: examining the moderating roles of depression and social support.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Decoding HIV Discourse on Social Media: Large-Scale Analysis of 191,972 Tweets Using Machine Learning, Topic Modeling, and Temporal Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Tackling the Triple Threat in Kenya: Factors Associated with Protection against HIV Risk, Gender-Based Violence, and Pregnancy among Adolescent Girls and Young Women.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Associations Between Internalized HIV Stigma and Cognitive Function Among Older Women With HIV.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Positive Psychological Factors Relate to Domain-Specific Cognition and Daily Functioning in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Role of Individual and Network Factors in HIV Care Continuum Outcomes among PLWH: An Egocentric Network Study in Yunnan, China.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Family Perspectives on Stigma Toward Women Who Use Drugs in Tanzania.Issues in mental health nursing · 2025Article
23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Existing empirical evidence has well documented the role of social support in both physical and psychological well-being among various populations. In the context of HIV prevention, the rapid increase of studies on social support merits a systematic review to synthesize the current global literature on association between social support and HIV-related risk behaviors. The current review reveals a complex picture of this relationship across diverse populations. Existing studies indicate that higher levels of social support are related to fewer HIV-related risk behaviors among female sex workers and people living with HIV/AIDS and heterosexual adults in general. However, influences of social support on HIV-related risk behaviors are inconsistent within drug users, men who have sex with men and adolescents. These variations in findings may be attributed to different measurement of social support in different studies, specific context of social support for diverse population, or various characteristics of the social networks the study population obtained support from. Future studies are needed to explore the mechanism of how social support affects HIV-related risk behaviors. HIV prevention intervention efforts need to focus on the positive effect of social support for various vulnerable and at-risk populations. Future efforts also need to incorporate necessary structure change and utilize technical innovation in order to maximize the protective role of social support in HIV risk prevention or reduction.
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