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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Preventing HIV among young people: Research priorities for the future
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Volume 63, No. SUPPL. 2, Year 2013
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Description
Objective: To review the current state of knowledge on the prevention of sexual transmission of HIV in adolescents and to highlight the existing gaps and priority areas for future research. Background: A disproportionate burden of HIV infections falls on adolescents, a developmental stage marked by unique neural, biological, and social transition. Successful interventions are critical to prevent the spread of HIV in this vulnerable population. Methods: We summarized the current state of research on HIV prevention in adolescents by providing examples of successful interventions and best practices, and highlighting current research gaps. Results: Adolescent interventions fall into 3 main categories: biomedical, behavioral, and structural. The majority of current research has focused on individual behavior change, whereas promising biomedical and structural interventions have been largely understudied in adolescents. Combination prevention interventions may be particularly valuable to this group. Conclusions: Adolescents have unique needs with respect to HIV prevention, and, thus, interventions should be designed to most effectively reach out to this population with information and services that will be relevant to them. Copyright © 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pettifor, Audrey E.
United States, Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Bekker, Linda-Gail Gail
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Hosek, Sybil G.
United States, Chicago
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
DiClemente, Ralph Joseph P.
United States, Atlanta
Rollins School of Public Health
Rosenberg, Molly S.
United States, Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bull, Sheana Salyers
United States, Aurora
Colorado School of Public Health
Allison, Susannah M.
United States, Bethesda
Instituto Nacional de la Salud Mental
Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
Kapogiannis, Bill G.
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Nichd
Cowan, Frances Mary
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Zimbabwe, Harare
Centre for Sexual Health and Hiv/aids Research Cesshar
Statistics
Citations: 99
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/QAI.0b013e31829871fb
ISSN:
15254135
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study