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Community-based interventions (including media) that provide accurate information about HIV transmission can significantly reduce HIV stigma and discrimination.
Reducing Stigma and Discrimination
7 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, IV HIV testing, discrimination, education, knowledge, mass media, microfinance, stigma China, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam
Training for providers, along with access to the means of universal precautions, can reduce provider discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS. [See also %{c:25}]
Reducing Stigma and Discrimination
6 studies Gray II, IIIa, IIIb HIV testing, Turkey, discrimination, providers, stigma, training, training programs China, India, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Vietnam
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
Access to ARVs may decrease stigma and improve quality of life. [See also %{s:67}]
Women and Girls
2 studies Gray IIIb Swaziland and Tanzania, stigma, support groups, treatment Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa
Home- and community-based antiretroviral treatment may be effective, but attention must be paid to potential effects of stigma and discrimination. [See also %{c:21}]
Provision and Access
5 studies Gray II, IIIa, IIIb community-based care, home-based care, treatment Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda
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
Promoting acceptability of condom use by both women and men as the norm in sexual intercourse may decrease national HIV prevalence.
Male and Female Condom Use
4 studies Gray IIIb, V condoms, marriage, pregnancy, sexual partners, stigma Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Community or school-based HIV education can reduce stigmatizing attitudes towards those living with HIV
Mitigating Risk
6 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, V Lao PDR, adolescents, communication, education, knowledge, self-perception, sex education, sexual behavior, stigma China, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda
Peer support groups can be highly beneficial to women living with HIV.
Women and Girls
11 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, IV, V PLHA, PMTCT, care, counseling, disclosure, mothers, stigma, support grops, support groups, treatment Australia, Botswana, India, Kenya, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
(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
Treatment support sessions can increase adherence among adolescents.
Increasing Access to Services
5 studies Gray II, IIIb, V adherence, adolescents, parents, reatment, support, testing, treatment, ttesting South Africa, Thailand, 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
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
Community health workers and community-based support can increase uptake of safe motherhood interventions for women living with HIV and reduce vertical transmission
Antenatal Care - Treatment
9 studies Gray II, IIIa, IIIb community-based outreach, community-based support, infants, pregnancy, treatment Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa
Routine screening and treatment of TB and HIV patients in endemic countries can increase detection of co-infection and increase patient survival.
Tuberculosis
3 studies Gray II, IIIb TB, screening, treatment Brazil, Rwanda, Sub-Saharan Africa
Incorporating discussions of alcohol use into HIV testing and counseling may increase protective behaviors such as condom use, partner reduction and reduction of alcohol use.
HIV Testing and Counseling for Women
4 studies Gray II, IIIa, IIIb HIV testing, alcohol, education, sex behavior, sexual partners, substance abuse, violence Kenya, South Africa
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
Home testing, consented to by household members, can increase the number of people who learn their serostatus.
HIV Testing and Counseling for Women
9 studies Gray I, IIIa, IIIb HIV testing, condoms, counseling, disclosure, health facilities, home-based testing Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia
Creating a sense of community, empowerment and leadership among sex workers can help support effective HIV prevention.
Female Sex Workers
6 studies Gray II, IIIb, V Armenia, HIV testing, community organizing, condoms, empowerment, peer education, prevention, sex workers, violence India, Kenya
Providing clinic services that are youth-friendly, conveniently located, affordable, confidential and non-judgmental, can increase use of clinic reproductive health services, including HIV testing and counseling and treatment services
Increasing Access to Services
7 studies Gray IIIb, IV HIV testing, STIs, South Africa and Swaziland, Zimbabw, adolescents, health services, mass media, providers, support, treatment, youth Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe