A synthesis of meta-analytic evidence of behavioral interventions to reduce HIV/STIs

Covey, J.; Rosenthal-Stott, H.E.S.; Howell, S.J.

doi:10.1007/s10865-016-9714-1

A synthesis of meta-analytic evidence of behavioral interventions to reduce HIV/STIs

Covey, J.; Rosenthal-Stott, H.E.S.; Howell, S.J.

Authors

Professor Judith Covey j.a.covey@durham.ac.uk
Professor

H.E.S. Rosenthal-Stott

S.J. Howell

Abstract

To identify the mode of delivery, communicator, and content dimensions that make STI/HIV prevention interventions most successful at increasing condom use/protected sex or reducing STI/HIV incidence. A literature search for published meta-analyses of STI/HIV prevention interventions yielded 37 meta-analyses that had statistically tested the moderating effects of the dimensions. Significant and non-significant moderators from the coded dimensions were extracted from each meta-analysis. The most consistently significant moderators included matching the gender or ethnicity of the communicator to the intervention recipients, group targeting or tailoring of the intervention, use of a theory to underpin intervention design, providing factual information, presenting arguments designed to change attitudes, and providing condom skills and intrapersonal skills training. The absence of significant effects for intervention duration and expert delivery are also notable. The success of HIV/STI prevention interventions may be enhanced not only by providing skills training and information designed to change attitudes, but also by ensuring that the content is tailored to the target group and delivered by individuals of the same gender and ethnicity as the recipients.

Citation

Covey, J., Rosenthal-Stott, H., & Howell, S. (2016). A synthesis of meta-analytic evidence of behavioral interventions to reduce HIV/STIs. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 39(3), 371-385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-016-9714-1

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jan 7, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jan 30, 2016
Publication Date	Jun 1, 2016
Deposit Date	Feb 2, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Mar 7, 2016
Journal	Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Print ISSN	0160-7715
Electronic ISSN	1573-3521
Publisher	Springer
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	39
Issue	3
Pages	371-385
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-016-9714-1

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