SynthesisAIDS and behavior2018
Evaluations of Structural Interventions for HIV Prevention: A Review of Approaches and Methods.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Quantitative Methods Used to Evaluate Impact of Combination HIV Prevention Intervention: A Methodological Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2023Pooled it
- Economic Empowerment Interventions on Mental Health Outcomes Among People Living with HIV in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Literature Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- An Evaluation of TransLife Care: A Locally Developed Structural HIV Prevention Intervention for Transgender Women in Chicago, Illinois.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2024Article
- An agent-based model of binge drinking, inequitable gender norms and their contribution to HIV transmission, with application to South Africa.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Structural Interventions to Enable Adolescent Contraceptive Use in LMICs: A Mid-Range Theory to Support Intervention Development and Evaluation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Dosage in Implementation of an Effective School-Based Health Program Impacts Youth Health Risk Behaviors and Experiences.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022Article
- Adequate funding of comprehensive community-based programs for key populations needed now more than ever to reach and sustain HIV targets.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Article
- Behavioural and structural interventions in cancer prevention: towards the 2030 SDG horizon.Molecular oncology · 2021Review
- [Impact of the TARGA Program on the reduction of AIDS cases in the Peruvian health system, 1983-2018Impacto do Programa HAART na redução de casos de AIDS no sistema de saúde peruano, 1983-2018].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2020Article
- Economic evaluation studies in the field of HIV/AIDS: bibliometric analysis on research development and scopes (GAPBMC health services research · 2019Article
- A syndemic of psychosocial and mental health problems in Liberia: Examining the link to transactional sex among young pregnant women.Global public health · 2019Article
- HIV risk and pre-exposure prophylaxis interest among female bar workers in Dar es Salaam: cross-sectional survey.BMJ open · 2019Article
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Abstract
Structural interventions alter the social, economic, legal, political, and built environments that underlie processes affecting population health. We conducted a systematic review of evaluations of structural interventions for HIV prevention in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to better understand methodological and other challenges and identify effective evaluation strategies. We included 27 peer-reviewed articles on interventions related to economic empowerment, education, and substance abuse in LMICs. Twenty-one evaluations included clearly articulated theories of change (TOCs); 14 of these assessed the TOC by measuring intermediary variables in the causal pathway between the intervention and HIV outcomes. Although structural interventions address complex interactions, no evaluation included methods designed to evaluate complex systems. To strengthen evaluations of structural interventions, we recommend clearly articulating a TOC and measuring intermediate variables between the predictor and outcome. We additionally recommend adapting study designs and analytic methods outside traditional epidemiology to better capture complex results, influences external to the intervention, and unintended consequences.
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