Efforts to prevent HIV infection that target people living with HIV/AIDS: what works?
Proven prevention strategies aimed at reducing the frequency of behaviors that increase the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission and acquisition must be made available to greater numbers of persons with or at high risk for HIV infection. This article outlines programs that have effectively reduced rates of high-risk behavior and HIV transmission and suggests that it may be possible to improve the efficacy of such programs by concurrent implementation of multiple effective interventions.
Stall
Ron
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Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA. rstall@pitt.edu
D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior