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Offering no-cost HIV testing and counseling to women who use drugs can lead to reduced HIV risk behaviors.
Women Who Use Drugs and Female Partners of Men Who Use Drugs
3 studies Gray IIIb, V HIV testing, PWID, counseling, drug use, needle sharing, needles, sex behavior, sex workers Estonia, South Africa, Ukraine
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
Unconditional cash transfers to parents’ households or to adolescent girls may lead to increased age of sexual debut and/or reduce transactional sex
Mitigating Risk
4 studies Gray II, IIIa, IIIb, IV cash transfers, orphans, sex behavior, sexual debut Kenya, South Africa
Promoting condom use at sexual debut may increase consistent condom use during adolescence and beyond
Mitigating Risk
2 studies Gray IIIb condoms, youth Ethiopia, Uganda
Promoting condoms for pregnancy prevention may increase condom use for safe sex among young people.
Mitigating Risk
4 studies Gray IIIb, IV, V adolescents, condom use, pregnancy prevention, youth Africa, Brazil, Colombia, South Africa
Informed and appropriate counseling during ANC can lead to increased discussion between partners and increased protective behaviors such as condom use.
Antenatal Care - Testing and Counseling
2 studies Gray IIIb, V HIV testing, PMTCT, antenatal care, communication, condom use, counseling, pregnancy Côte d’Ivoire, Honduras, India, Rwanda, Zambia
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
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
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
Providing routine, high quality, voluntary and confidential STI clinical services that include condom promotion can be successful in reducing HIV risk among sex workers.
Female Sex Workers
3 studies Gray IIIa, V HIV testing, STIs, community outreach, condom use, counseling, sex workers China, Kenya, South Africa
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
Counseling for both pregnant women and future fathers to circumcise male infants may reduce HIV acquisition and transmission when those male infants become sexually active young men. [See also %{s:5}]
Antenatal Care - Testing and Counseling
3 studies Gray I, IV, V male circumcision, transmission Botswana
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
Promoting pleasure in male and female condom use can increase the practice of safer sex.
Male and Female Condom Use
2 studies Gray IV, V female condoms, sex behavior Brazil, New Zealand, North America
Microfinance programs can lead to reduction in gender-based violence when integrated with participatory training on HIV, gender, and violence.
Addressing Violence Against Women
1 study Gray II gender norms, microfinance, self-perception, violence South Africa
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
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