Table 3 Characteristics of the included studies
From: Impact of community-based interventions on HIV knowledge, attitudes, and transmission
Study | Study design | Country | Intervention | Target Population | Integrated/non-Integrated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agarwal 2004 | Pre-post study | India | Health education about the prevention of reproductive tract infection and HIV/AIDS imparted through one-to-one interactions with men and women during home visits, at village-based clinics and health camps, and through health-education talks with men and women | Men and women of reproductive age | Non-integrated |
Baptiste 2006 | Quasi- experimental | South Africa, Trinidad, and Tobago | Community participatory, family-based prevention (CHAMP) | Youth | Non-integrated |
Berrien 2004 | RCT | USA | Eight structured home visits for education and counseling to improve adherence over a three-month period by a registered nurse | HIV-positive children and youth (aged 7Â years and above) | Non-integrated |
Blake 2003 | Pre-post | USA | Condom availability in high schools, and community discussion and involvement for HIV prevention | Adolescents | Non-integrated |
Carlson 2012 | cRCT | Tanzania | 28-week course in health curriculum, two-to-three hour weekly sessions on HIV/AIDS competence and other subjects (citizenship, community health, social ecology) | Adolescents aged 9–14 years | School-based non-integrated |
Chen 2011 | RCT | Bahamas | Teaching sessions involving parents | Youth | School-based non-integrated |
Chhabra 2010 | RCT | India | HIV/AIDS and alcohol abuse educational program designed keeping in mind cultural, linguistic, and community-specific characteristics. A single one-hour session per week for 10 consecutive weeks. | Rural and tribal youth aged 13–16 years, in schools | School-based non-integrated |
Clark 2005 | RCT | USA | Ten sessions on adult identity mentoring, conducted once or twice a week for six weeks | African-American seventh-grader students | School based non-integrated |
Fawole 1999 | RCT | Nigeria | Health education initiatives to increase HIV knowledge and sexual practices | School children | School-based non-integrated |
Fitzgerald 1999 | RCT | Namibia | 14-sessions of face-to face intervention emphasizing abstinence and safer sex for HIV prevention | Youth | Non-integrated |
Harper 2009 | Quasi- experimental | USA | Nine sessions of community-based, culturally- and ecologically-tailored HIV prevention intervention (SHERO) | Mexican-American female adolescents aged 12–21 years | Non-integrated |
Heitgerd 2011 | Pre-post study | USA | Community-based small group discussions on healthy relations | People living with HIV | Non-integrated |
Huba 1999 | RCT | USA | Home healthcare via home visits by multi-disciplinary teams | People living with HIV | Non-integrated |
Jemmott 2010 | cRCT | South Africa | Two six-session interventions based on behavior-change theories on HIV/STD risk-reduction targeted at sexual risk behaviors | Sixth-grade students | School-based non-integrate |
Jemmott 1998 | RCT | USA | Abstinence and safe sex HIV risk reduction intervention | African-American adolescents | Non-integrated |
Kiene 2006 | RCT | US | A custom computerized HIV/AIDS risk reduction intervention to increase HIV/AIDS preventive behaviors | General population | Non-integrated |
Kinsler 2004 | Quasi- experimental | Belize | Cognitive-behavioral peer-facilitated school-based HIV/AIDS education program | School children | Non-integrated school- based |
Kinsman 2001 | Quasi- experimental | Uganda | Non-integrated school-based program | School children | Non-integrated school- based |
Klepp 1997 | RCT | Tanzania | Program to reduce children’s risk of HIV infection, and improve tolerance and care towards HIV patients | Sixth-grade students | Non-integrated school- based |
Li 2012 | Quasi- experimental | China | School-based curriculum for HIV prevention education | School children | Non-integrated school- based |
Maticka-Tyndale 2007 | Quasi- experimental | Kenya | Primary-school HIV education initiative on the knowledge, self-efficacy and sexual practices, and condom use | School children | Non-integrated school- based |
Mcbride 2007 | Quasi- experimental | USA | Family-based HIV preventive intervention (CHAMP) | African-American youth | Non-integrated |
Merakou 2006 | Quasi- experimental | Greece | Peer-education intervention | Adolescents | Non-integrated school- based |
Middelkoop 2006 | Quasi- experimental | South Africa | Young adults from the community received training in HIV/AIDS and drama, and developed sketches to address perceived barriers to voluntary counseling and testing | Young adults and community members | Non-integrated |
Morisky 2004 | Quasi- experimental | Philippines | Participatory action research to change high-risk sexual behaviors | Heterosexual men | Non-integrated |
Munodawafa 1995 | Quasi- experimental | Zimbabwe | Health instruction provided by student nurses on prevention of STDs, HIV/AIDS, and drugs | School children | Non-integrated school- based |
Murdock 2003 | Pre-post study | South Africa | Female-led HIV workshops | Women | Non-integrated |
Nelson 2012 | Pre-post study | USA | Native Voice Intervention: four-day workshop on substance abuse, HIV, and hepatitis prevention | American Indian/Alaska native youth | Non-integrated |
Norr 2004 | Quasi-experimental | Botswana | Peer-group HIV prevention intervention based on social–cognitive learning theory, gender inequality, and the primary health care model for community-based health promotion | Urban employed women | Non-integrated |
Okonofua 2003 | RCT | Nigeria | Community participation, peer education, public lectures, health clubs in the schools, and training of STD treatment providers | Adolescents | Non-integrated |
Pearlman 2002 | Quasi- experimental | USA | Community-based HIV/AIDS peer leadership prevention program | Adolescents | Non-integrated |
Rotheram-Borus 1998 | RCT | USA | Education sessions: a seven-session intervention of 1.5 hours each or a three-session intervention of 3.5 hours each | Adolescent aged 13–24 years | Non-integrated |
Selke 2010 | cRCT | Kenya | The intervention group received monthly Personal Digital Assistant for supported home assessments | Adult with HIV on ART | Non-integrated |
Shapiro 2010 | RCT | Southern Botswana | 300 mg of Abacavir, 300 mg of Zidovudine, and 150 mg of Lamivudine twice daily (the NRTI group), or 400 mg of Lopinavir and 100 mg of Ritonavir co-formulated as Kaletra (Abbott) with 300 mg of Zidovudine and 150 mg of Lamivudine twice daily (the protease-inhibitor group) from 26 to 34 weeks’ gestation through planned weaning by six months post partum | HIV-infected women between 26 and 34 weeks’ gestation | Non-integrated |
Villarruel 2006 | Pre-post study | Philadelphia, USA | HIV and health-promotion control interventions consisting of six 50-minute modules delivered by adult facilitators to small, mixed-gender groups | Adolescents | Non-integrated |
Visser 2005 | Pre-post study | South Africa | Life skills training and HIV/AIDS education in schools as part of the school curriculum | Adolescents | School-based non-integrated |
Walker 2004 | RCT | Mexico | HIV prevention course that promoted condom use, the same course with emergency contraception as back-up, or the existing sex education course | Adolescents | School-based non-integrated |
Williams 2006 | RCT | USA | Community-based, home-visit intervention to improve medication adherence | Adults with HIV on ART | Non-integrated |
Wendell 2003 | Quasi-experimental | USA | Street outreach intervention to improve risk behaviors | General population | Non-integrated |