title: Review of recent behavioral interventions targeting older adults living with HIV/AIDS.
abstract: Increasing attention has been paid to older adults living with HIV over the past few years given the increasing prevalence of HIV in this age group. Yet, despite numerous studies documenting psychosocial and behavioral differences between older and younger HIV-infected adults, few evidence-based behavioral interventions have been developed for this population. This review found only 12 manuscripts describing behavioral intervention studies in older HIV-positive adults published between 2011 and 2014, and they reported on a total of six interventions. Despite promising findings, there is a clear need for large-scale clinical trials to replicate these initial results and further develop additional interventions to address important clinical issues such as depression, sexual risk behaviors, cognition, and other significant issues affecting this cohort. This represents an exciting opportunity for behavioral scientists and HIV specialists to develop interventions that combine the psychological and behavioral with medical aspects of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1695 NW 9th Ave, Suite 1404, Miami, FL, 33136, USA, lilla@med.miami.edu.
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Illa
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Echenique
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bustamante-Avellaneda
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Martinez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D021841:Safe Sex; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission