SynthesisAIDS and behavior2015
A Systematic Review of the Effects of Behavioral Counseling on Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV/STI Prevalence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Better Together?: A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Interventions that Build or Strengthen Social Ties.AIDS and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Which interventions for alcohol use should be included in a universal healthcare benefit package? An umbrella review of targeted interventions to address harmful drinking and dependence.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Non-specialist psychosocial support interventions for women living with HIV: A systematic review.AIDS care · 2017Pooled it
- Can Policy Interventions Affect HIV-Related Behaviors? A Systematic Review of the Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries.AIDS and behavior · 2017Pooled it
- The Evidence Project: Protocol for Systematic Reviews of Behavioral Interventions and Behavioral Aspects of Biomedical Interventions for HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Health Service Delivery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2024Article
- Changes in self-reported risky sexual behaviour indicators among adults receiving regular risk reduction counselling and optional initiation of pre-exposure prophylaxis in an HIV vaccine preparedness study in Masaka, Uganda.Global health action · 2023Article
- The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model and Unprotected Sex: Assessing the Model's Utility and Predictability Among Bar Patrons in Tshwane, South Africa.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Outcomes of a community-led online-based HIV self-testing demonstration among cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The paradox of HIV prevention: did biomedical prevention trials show how effective behavioral prevention can be?AIDS (London, England) · 2020Article
- The Evidence Project risk of bias tool: assessing study rigor for both randomized and non-randomized intervention studies.Systematic reviews · 2019Article
- Inconsistent condom use between serodifferent sexual partnerships to the human immunodeficiency virus.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2019Article
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- Anxiety and depression strongly associated with sexual risk behaviors among networks of young men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.AIDS care · 2017Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of behavioral counseling interventions in reducing sexual risk behaviors and HIV/STI prevalence in low- and middle-income countries. A systematic review of papers published between 1990 and 2011 was conducted, identifying studies that utilized either a multi-arm or pre-post design and presented post-intervention data. Standardized methods of searching and data abstraction were used, and 30 studies met inclusion criteria. Results are summarized by intervention groups: (a) people living with HIV; (b) people who use drugs and alcohol; (c) serodiscordant couples; (d) key populations for HIV prevention; and (e) people at low to moderate HIV risk. Evidence for the effectiveness of behavioral counseling was mixed, with more rigorously designed studies often showing modest or no effects. Recommendations about the use of behavioral counseling in developing countries are made based on study results and in light of the field's movement towards combination prevention programs.
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