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Promising Gray IIIb
Recruiting and training opinion leaders can reduce stigmatizing behaviors in the community.
Reducing Stigma and Discrimination
2 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb opinion leaders, religious leaders, stigma China
Outside assistance for home- and community-based care programs with household care can be effective in meeting the needs of HIV/AIDS-affected families.
Women and Girls
3 studies Gray IIIb, IV community-based care, food security, palliative care China, South Africa
Training others, such as men and young people, to provide voluntary home care assistance can ease the burden of home care for women.
Women and Girls
2 studies Gray IIIb community-based care, men, youth Zambia, Zimbabwe
Mass media campaigns concerning gender equality as part of comprehensive and integrated interventions can increase HIV protective behaviors. [See also %{s:23} – many of the media interventions for young people promote equitable gender norms]
Transforming Gender Norms
2 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb STIs, communication, condoms, gender norms, self-perception, violence, youth Brazil, Nicaragua
Integrating HIV testing and counseling into existing reproductive health services for young people may lead to increased uptake of HIV testing and counseling for youth ages 15 to 24. [See also %{c:11}]
Increasing Access to Services
1 study Gray IIIb adolescents, testing, treatment Vietnam
Public health promotion can increase awareness of violence against women.
Addressing Violence Against Women
3 studies Gray IIIb gender equity, mass media, violence India, South Africa, Zambia
Youth-friendly condom distribution can help young people feel more comfortable accessing condoms.
Increasing Access to Services
2 studies Gray IIIb, IV adolescents, condoms, self-perception, young people Cameroon, Mexico, Rwanda
Screening for and treating STIs syndromically on a continuous, accessible basis improves overall health, and has been associated in one study with reducing the risks of HIV acquisition in a setting with high STI prevalence.
Treating Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
2 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb Eastern, STIs, health facilities, treatment Southern Africa, Tanzania
Cervical cancer screening and treatment integrated into HIV care reduces morbidity and mortality in women living with HIV. [See also %{c:9} for a discussion of access to the HPV vaccine for young women]
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
3 studies Gray II, IIIb, V HAART, cervical cancer, treatment Cameroon, South Africa, Zambia
Interventions targeting male clients can increase condom use and thus reduce HIV risk for sex workers.
Female Sex Workers
2 studies Gray IIIb condom use, condoms, peer education, sex workers India, Senegal
Policies that involve sex workers, brothel owners and clients in development and implementation of condom use can increase reported condom use.[*]
Female Sex Workers
3 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, IV condom use, peer education, sex workers China, Dominican Republic, Philippines
[See also %{c:13}]
Women Prisoners and Female Partners of Male Prisoners
2 studies Gray IIIb HIV testing, prisoners, treatment Côte d’Ivoire, Indonesia
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) may be effectively integrated into school programs. [See also %{s:5}]
Mitigating Risk
4 studies Gray IIIb, V adolescents, male circumcision South Africa
Targeted education efforts can increase adolescent uptake of HIV testing and counseling and related services
Increasing Access to Services
2 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb adolescents, health services, stigma, testing, treatment Ethiopia
Increasing accessibility and availability of condoms can increase condom use.
Male and Female Condom Use
2 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb Carribbean, condom use, condoms Cameroon, Central America, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Tanzania, Thailand
(Farabee and Leukefield, 1999; Dolan et al., 1998, cited in Farmer, 1999).
Women Prisoners and Female Partners of Male Prisoners
2 studies Gray IIIb, V Western Europe, harm reduction, needles, prisoners, razors Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Moldova
Knowledge of treatment availability can increase uptake of HIV testing. [See also %{s:29}]
HIV Testing and Counseling for Women
4 studies Gray IIIb, IV, V HIV testing, counseling, treatment South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Programs that persuade men to reduce their number of sexual partners could greatly reduce the risk of HIV acquisition for their female partners. [See also %{s:57}]
Partner Reduction
3 studies Gray IIIb, IV HIV testing, condom use, counseling, sex behavior, sexual partners Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Establishing comprehensive post-rape care protocols, which include PEP and emergency contraception, can improve services for women.
Addressing Violence Against Women
4 studies Gray IIIb, V counseling, post-exposure prophylaxis, pregnancy, providers, rape, violence Kenya, South Africa