title: A model-based evaluation of a cultural mediator outreach program for HIV+ Ethiopian immigrants in Israel.
abstract: This article presents a model-based evaluation of a program designed to reduce HIV transmission from HIV-infected Ethiopian immigrants in Israel. Rather than rely on self-reported variables such as condom use, this study's approach focuses on pregnancy rate reduction, estimated from administrative periodic reporting data, as a measure of unprotected sexual exposure. The models show that among both HIV+ women and the female sex partners of HIV+ men, the ongoing pregnancy rates estimated during the intervention were significantly lower than the estimated baseline pregnancy rates, suggesting reductions in unprotected sexual exposures among those participating in the program.
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Management, Yale School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Edward H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Varda
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soskolne
authors.forename: Bella
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leventhal
authors.forename: Ronny A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Shtarkshall
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000208:ethnology*