Ability of HIV Advocacy to Modify Behavioral Norms and Treatment Impact: A Systematic Review

B.F. Sunguya, M. Munisamy, S. Pongpanich, J. Yasuoka and M. Jimba

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 8, 1517

Abstract: BACKGROUND: HIV advocacy programs are partly responsible for the global community's success in reducing the burden of HIV. The rising wave of the global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has prompted the World Health Organization to espouse NCD advocacy efforts as a possible preventive strategy. HIV and NCDs share some similarities in their chronicity and risky behaviors, which are their associated etiology. Therefore, pooled evidence on the effectiveness of HIV advocacy programs and ideas shared could be replicated and applied during the conceptualization of NCD advocacy programs. Such evidence, however, has not been systematically reviewed to address the effectiveness of HIV advocacy programs, particularly programs that aimed at changing public behaviors deemed as risk factors.

Keywords: health behavior; health promotion; high risk behavior; HIV Infections; human; organization and management; patient attitude; psychology; self concept; sexual behavior; social norm; social stigma, Health Behavior; Health Promotion; HIV Infections; Humans; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Risk-Taking; Self Efficacy; Sexual Behavior; Social Norms; Social Stigma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303179a

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