SynthesisAIDS and behavior2017
Can Policy Interventions Affect HIV-Related Behaviors? A Systematic Review of the Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Gender-responsive and -transformative interventions in HIV, TB and malaria programmes: a review of evidence.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Better Together?: A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Interventions that Build or Strengthen Social Ties.AIDS and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled 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
- Evolving Challenges in the Implementation of China's "Four Frees and One Care" Policy for HIV/AIDS.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- 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
- The relationship between health policy and public health interventions: a case study of the DRIVE project to "end" the HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs in Haiphong, Vietnam.Journal of public health policy · 2018Article
- Vulnerable Youth as Prosumers in HIV Prevention: Studies Using Participatory Action Research.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2017Article
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Abstract
In their response to HIV, many countries have adopted and enacted policies to reduce transmission and increase HIV-related service use. Theoretically, policy-level interventions for HIV prevention have the potential to improve health behavior outcomes. These policy interventions vary in their scale, from relatively minor changes in clinical policy to major national legal initiatives. Assessing the effectiveness of HIV policy interventions is a challenging undertaking. While many policies exist and guide HIV programmes, relatively few have specifically been evaluated for their effects on reducing HIV risk taking or increasing HIV health-seeking behaviors. Thus, questions on the effectiveness of policy interventions to prevent HIV and change HIV-related risk behaviors remain largely unanswered. To address this current gap in the literature, we systematically reviewed the existing evidence on the effect of HIV policy interventions on changing HIV-related behaviors in low-and middle-income countries.
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