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Clinic-based interventions with outreach workers can be effective in increasing condom use and HIV testing among sex workers.
Female Sex Workers
5 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, V HIV testing, STIs, community outreach, condom use, contraception, sex behavior, sex workers, sexually transmitted infections Brazil, China, Guatemala, Mexico, Mozambique
Communication between adults and young people about reproductive health information can increase protective behaviors.
Mitigating Risk
6 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb adolescents, adults, communication, condom use, parents, sexuality Cameroon, South Africa, Tanzania
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
Gender-sensitive sex-segregated group sessions for couples who use drugs can result in increased condom use and safer injection practices.
Women Who Use Drugs and Female Partners of Men Who Use Drugs
3 studies Gray I, IIIa, IIIb PWID, children, drug treatment, drug use, needles, sexual behavior, sexual partners Kazakhstan, Russia
Mass media and social marketing campaigns provide young people with HIV information and are modestly effective in persuading both female and male adolescents to change risky behaviors.
Mitigating Risk
7 studies Gray I, IIIa, IIIb, IV, V abstinence, adolescents, communication, condom use, condoms, female condom, mass media, media, sex behavior, sexual partners, testing, transmission Botswana, Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Care and Support
In some countries, three generations have been affected by HIV (Oladokun et al., 2010a). Even as incidence declines, there is a clear need to continue meeting the needs of children orphaned and made vulnerable due to HIV and AIDS. "Nowadays there is a deadly disease called AIDS. This disease is only treated but not cured. Anyone can be infected -- male, female, young, old, rich, poor, educated...
Female Sex Workers
Prevention for Key Affected Populations
Sex workers, whose work involves sexual relations with multiple partners, are a key group of women who need access to comprehensive sexual health services, including HIV prevention, treatment and care. Programs that enhance sex workers' ability to use condoms are also vitally important (Lafort et al., 2010; Pisani, 2008). Unprotected sex with multiple partners puts sex workers at risk of HIV ac...
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
Routinely offered testing that is voluntary and accompanied by counseling is acceptable to most women.
Antenatal Care - Testing and Counseling
9 studies Gray II, IIIb, IV, V HIV testing, PMTCT, antenatal care, pregnancy Botswana, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Europe, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, United States, Zimbabwe
Migrant Women and Female Partners of Male Migrants
Prevention for Key Affected Populations
Women and men migrate for any number of reasons: lack of food or employment opportunities, war, etc. "In much of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, millions of people living in poverty have no viable employment opportunities close to home, forcing individuals to migrate from their communities in search of... a means to provide economic resources for their families. Because of changing market de...
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
(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
Counseling improves adherence.
Adherence and Support
6 studies Gray I, II, IIIa adherence, and Zambia, community, community health workers, counseling, health care providers, support, treatment Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania
Discussing the risk of vertical transmission with providers and/or other HIV-positive women with seronegative children can increase women’s confidence about preventing vertical transmission of HIV.
Pre-Conception
3 studies Gray IV, V Cuba, PMTCT, support groups, treatment South Africa, Thailand
Strengthening the Enabling Environment
In order for HIV and/or AIDS interventions for women and girls to succeed, factors beyond the health services need to be addressed through multisectoral interventions. These environmental factors include gender norms that guide how girls and boys grow to be women and men, legal norms that confer or withhold rights for women and girls, access to education, income, levels of tolerance for violenc...
Community-based participatory learning approaches involving men and women can create more gender-equitable relationships, thereby decreasing violence. [See also %{s:57}]
Addressing Violence Against Women
5 studies Gray II, IIIa, IIIb, IV condom use, condoms, gender norms, gender relations, men, sex behavior, violence Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda
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
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
Providing HIV testing and counseling together with other health services can increase the number of people accessing HIV testing and counseling. [See also %{c:25}]
HIV Testing and Counseling for Women
4 studies Gray IIIb, IV HIV testing, STIs, condoms, contraception, counseling, family planning, health facilities, sexually transmitted infections Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, South Africa
Providing treatment support and literacy, including by HIV-positive peers and by providers, can increase adherence.
Adherence and Support
4 studies Gray IIIb, V adherence, counseling, literacy, support, support groups, treatment, treatment literacy Indonesia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Thailand